Launch Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
05:47:40
Wednesday February 19, 1964
The launch was a failure due to an error on the third stage Block I.
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.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
800 kilograms
Manufacturer
RKK EnergiyaRocket
Height: 44.23m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 6,000 kg
GTO: 2,200 kg
Liftoff Thrust
4,378 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 2.58m
Height: 6.74m
Stages
4
Strap-ons
4
15th
Mission
1st
Mission of 1964
77th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 1964
9th
Orbital launch attempt