3MV

The 3MV planetary probe 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 program to use standardized components as much as possible. All probes shared the same typical characteristics and differed usually in equipment necessary for specific missions. Each probe also incorporated improvements based on experience with earlier missions.

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	space object	1963	Kosmos 21	3MV	Wikidata
class	space object	1964	Zond 3MV-1 No.2	3MV	Wikidata
class	space object	1964	Kosmos 27	3MV	Wikidata
class	space object	1964	Zond 1	3MV, artificial satellite of the Sun	Wikidata
class	space object	1965	Zond 3	artificial satellite of the Sun, 3MV	Wikidata
class	space object	1965	Venera 2	3MV, artificial satellite of the Sun, flyby probe	Wikidata
class	space object	1965	Venera 3	3MV	Wikidata
class	space object	1965	Kosmos 96	3MV	Wikidata
class	space object	1967	Kosmos 167	3MV	Wikidata
class	space object	1970	Kosmos 359	3MV, space probe	Wikidata
class	space object	1972	Venera 8	former entity, 3MV	Wikidata
class	space object	1972	Kosmos 482	former entity, 3MV	Wikidata
event	spaceflight	1964	Zond 2	space mission, 3MV, artificial satellite of the Sun	Wikidata