Status
Failure
1MS n°2
Launch Time
Thu Oct 25, 1962 07:00 UTC
Thu Oct 25, 1962 07:00 UTC
The launcher never reached orbit due to an unknown error.
Rocket
Mission Details
1MS n°2
In 1962, OKB-1 launched four MS-type satellites. Almost nothing is known about these satellites, whose official mission was to carry out "investigations". The 2MS were in charge of studying the polar auroras. It would seem that these satellites were also intended to test technologies related to space flights.
They were built in two versions: 1MS and 2MS. They were put into orbit by Cosmos launchers (63S1) of Mikhaïl YANGUEL's OKB-586. The fourth launch, that of the second 1MS, ended in failure.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 285.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Mayak-2, Kapustin Yar, Russia
Stats
1962
65th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-1
10th mission
8th mission of 1962
3rd failed mission