NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Zond 7

Launch Time
Thu Aug 07, 1969 23:48 UTC

Rocket

Proton-K/Block D
RVSN USSR
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 8,840 kN
Payload to LEO: 18,900 kg
Payload to GTO: 9,000 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 56.14 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.9 m
Fairing Height: 8.9 m

Mission Details

Zond 7

The Zond-7 spacecraft carries four turtles, algae, bacteria and seeds, as well as a manikin equipped with several sensors.

L1 was a Soviet spacecraft launched on Proton, designed in parallel of 7K-L1, which flew on the N-1 launcher. It was conceived to carry out crewed flybys of the Moon, like Apollo 8. This spacecraft sent the first living beings to fly over the Moon, turtles, on board Zond 5. The work made on this spacecraft will be used for the improvement of the Soyuz spacecraft.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 5,979.0 kg
Trans Lunar Injection

Location

Site 81/23, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Stats

1969

78th orbital launch attempt

Proton-K

16th mission
7th mission of 1969
8th successful mission
2nd consecutive successful mission