Proton 3a Mission

Launch Status

Failure

Date & Time

24 Mar 1966, 2:39pm

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Site

Baikonur Cosmodrome

Pad

81/23 (81L)

Launch Service Provider

Soviet Space Program logo

Soviet Space Program

Vehicle

UR-500

Mission

Proton 3a

Mission Type

Astrophysics

Destination

Low Earth Orbit

The N-4 series of satellites, a.k.a. Proton-1, carried instruments to study super-high energy cosmic particles.

Updated: Jan 3, 7:54pm UTC

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