Launch Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
09:18:00
Friday February 21, 1969
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First flight of the N1. The launch failed during first stage flight.
The Zond L1S n°1 spacecraft was going to perform a flyby of the Moon.
Trans Lunar Injection
1 Payload
8,428 kilograms
The LK Model was a mass representative of the Soviet LK crewed lunar lander. The LK spacecraft can be subdivided into the lunar landing aggregate ("Lunnyi Posadochnyi Agregat", "LPA") and the lunar ascent vehicle, ("Lunnyi Vzletnyi Apparat", "LVA'"). Propulsion, both for landing and lifting off the Moon was based on the Blok E propulsion system. The Information Display System (spacecraft control panels and controls) version was called Luch.
Trans Lunar Injection
1 Payload
4,983 kilograms
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