Mars 3
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Mars 3 was a Soviet spacecraft that became the first spacecraft to achieve a soft landing on Mars, though it failed shortly after touchdown.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mars 3 canonical | 1 |
| Mars 3 lander | 1 |
| Mars 3 orbiter | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mars lander
ⓘ
interplanetary probe ⓘ spacecraft ⓘ |
| achievement | first spacecraft to achieve a soft landing on Mars ⓘ |
| communicationAfterLanding | lost shortly after touchdown ⓘ |
| component |
Mars 3
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Mars 3 lander
Mars 3 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Mars 3 orbiter
|
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| destination | Mars ⓘ |
| era | early 1970s space exploration ⓘ |
| followedBy | Mars 4 ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | first human-made object to perform a soft landing on Mars ⓘ |
| landerMass | approximately 1210 kilograms ⓘ |
| landingBody | Mars ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1971-12-02 ⓘ |
| landingSite | Mare Sirenum region of Mars ⓘ |
| landingType | soft landing ⓘ |
| launchCountry | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1971-05-28 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ |
| launchVehicle |
Proton rocket
ⓘ
surface form:
Proton-K rocket
|
| missionType |
Mars lander
ⓘ
Mars orbiter ⓘ |
| objective |
obtain images of Mars
ⓘ
study Martian atmosphere ⓘ study Martian surface ⓘ |
| operator | Soviet space program ⓘ |
| orbiterFunction |
communications relay for lander
ⓘ
scientific observations from Mars orbit ⓘ |
| orbiterMass | approximately 2265 kilograms ⓘ |
| powerSource |
batteries on lander
ⓘ
solar panels on orbiter ⓘ |
| precededBy | Mars 2 ⓘ |
| program |
Mars Exploration Program
ⓘ
surface form:
Mars program
|
| propulsion | chemical propulsion system ⓘ |
| relatedMission |
Mars 2
ⓘ
Mars 4 ⓘ Mars 5 ⓘ Mars 6 ⓘ Mars 7 ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | Soviet Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus | Soviet Mars probe bus of early 1970s ⓘ |
| spaceRaceContext | Cold War space race between Soviet Union and United States ⓘ |
| statusAfterLanding | failed shortly after touchdown ⓘ |
| surfaceOperationDuration | less than a minute ⓘ |
| telemetryBand | radio communications ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.