NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Failure

EPN 03.0694 n°1

Launch Time
Sat Apr 13, 1985 08:00 UTC

First flight of the Zenit-2 rocket.
Second stage engine failure at T+400 seconds due to flow regulator leak.

Rocket

Zenit-2
RVSN USSR
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 7,257 kN
Payload to LEO: 13,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 4,500 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 57.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.9 m
Fairing Height: 13.65 m

Mission Details

EPN 03.0694 n°1

The EPN 03.0694 was a dynamic simulator of the Tselina-2 ELINT satellite to evaluate the Zenit-2 launch vehicle.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 3,250.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 45/1, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Stats

1985

29th orbital launch attempt

Zenit

1st mission
1st mission of 1985
1st failed mission