Zond 1 Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

2 Apr 1964, 2:42am

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Site

Baikonur Cosmodrome

Pad

1/5

Launch Service Provider

Soviet Space Program logo

Soviet Space Program

Vehicle

Molniya 8K78 image

Molniya 8K78

Mission

Zond 1

Mission Type

Robotic Exploration

Destination

Venus flyby

Zond 1 was a 3MV-1 series Venus probes that carried a landing capsule. It failed during cruise phase and passed 100,000 km from Venus on 14 July 1964.

Updated: Jan 3, 7:54pm UTC

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