NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Failure

3MV-1 n°2 (Zond 1)

Launch Time
Wed Feb 19, 1964 05:47 UTC

The launch was a failure due to an error on the third stage Block I.

Rocket

Molniya
RVSN USSR
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 4,378 kN
Payload to LEO: 6,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 2,200 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 44.23 m
Fairing Diameter: 2.58 m
Fairing Height: 6.74 m

Mission Details

3MV-1 n°2 (Zond 1)

3MV-1 n°2, also known as Venera 1964A in the West, was a Soviet spacecraft, which was launched in 1964 as part of the Zond program. Due to a problem with its carrier rocket third stage, it failed to reach low Earth orbit.
The remains of the stage and probe landed 52 miles (85 kilometers) north of the town of Barabinsk in Siberia.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 800.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Stats

1964

9th orbital launch attempt

Molniya

15th mission
1st mission of 1964
11th failed mission