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3MV

The 3MV planetary probe (short for 3rd generation Mars-Venus) is a designation for a common design used by early Soviet unmanned probes to Mars and Venus. It was an incremental improvement of earlier 2MV probes and was used for Zond 1, Zond 2 and Zond 3 missions to Mars as well as several Venera probes. It was standard practice of the Soviet space…

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NPO Lavochkin version (1967-1972)

Sergei KorolevV-67Venera 3Ablative heat shieldVenera 5
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Variants

Kosmos 21Zond 3MV-1 No.2Kosmos 27Venera 2Kosmos 96
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Original design (1963-1965)

KPaSolar panelsRadiatorKDU-414UDMH
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Overview

MarsVenus2MVZond 1Zond 2
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Country of origin
Soviet Union
Derived from
2MV
Launch mass
800-960kg (Zond/Early Types) 963kg (Venera 2) 960kg (Venera 3) 1106 kg (Venera 4) 1130 kg (Venera 5-6) 1180kg (Venera 7) 1184kg (Venera 8)
Manufacturer
OKB-1 (Pre 1967) NPO Lavochkin (1967-1972)
Operational
1963-1972

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Original design (1963-1965)

NPO Lavochkin version (1967-1972)

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3MV

Nodes39
Edges38
Triples44
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.051282
Components1

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related to NPO Lavochkin version (1967-1972) · 26
3MV → After Venera, Due, Earth, In, It, Korolev, Kosmos, Lavochkin, M-71/73, Many, Mars-2-7, May, NPO Lavochkin, OKB-1 Chief Designer Sergei, Radiator, Soviet, Space Probe, The, The Parachute, The V-70
related to Variants · 13
3MV → Kosmos, Mars, No, V-67, V-67 No, V-69, V-69 No, V-70, V-70 No, V-72, V-72 No, Venera, Zond
Country of origin · 1
3MV → Soviet Union
Derived from · 1
3MV → 2MV
Launch mass · 1
3MV → 800-960kg (Zond/Early Types) 963kg (Venera 2) 960kg (Venera 3) 1106 kg (Venera 4) 1130 kg (Venera 5-6) 1180kg (Venera 7) 1184kg (Venera 8)
Manufacturer · 1
3MV → OKB-1 (Pre 1967) NPO Lavochkin (1967-1972)
Operational · 1
3MV → 1963-1972

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venera probes compartment probe orbital also venus used soviet mars zond missions planetary design 2mv v-67 lavochkin space early npo

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
3MVCountry of originSoviet Union1.00infobox
3MVDerived from2MV1.00infobox
3MVLaunch mass800-960kg (Zond/Early Types) 963kg (Venera 2) 960kg (Venera 3) 1106 kg (Venera 4) 1130 kg (Venera 5-6) 1180kg (Venera 7) 1184kg (Venera 8)1.00infobox
3MVManufacturerOKB-1 (Pre 1967) NPO Lavochkin (1967-1972)1.00infobox
3MVOperational1963-19721.00infobox
3MVrelated to NPO Lavochkin version (1967-1972)In0.60section
3MVrelated to NPO Lavochkin version (1967-1972)OKB-1 Chief Designer Sergei0.60section
3MVrelated to NPO Lavochkin version (1967-1972)Korolev0.60section
3MVrelated to NPO Lavochkin version (1967-1972)Space Probe0.60section
3MVrelated to NPO Lavochkin version (1967-1972)NPO Lavochkin0.60section
3MVrelated to NPO Lavochkin version (1967-1972)Many0.60section
3MVrelated to NPO Lavochkin version (1967-1972)Lavochkin0.60section

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