Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
Mars 2MV-3 No.1 also known as Sputnik 24 in the West was a Soviet spacecraft which was launched in 1962 as part of the Mars program and was intended to land on the surface of Mars. Due to a problem with the rocket which launched it it did not depart low Earth orbit and it decayed several days later. It was the only Mars 2MV-3 spacecraft to be launched.