Status
Failure
3MV-1 n°2 (Zond 1)
Launch Time
Wed Feb 19, 1964 05:47 UTC
Wed Feb 19, 1964 05:47 UTC
The launch was a failure due to an error on the third stage Block I.
Rocket
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