
Failed · Launch or early mission failure
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The mission
Lunar spaceship test. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1969-F01; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 20 January 1969, 04:14:36 UTC
- Launch location
- NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Proton-K/D
- Orbit
- Suborbital trajectory
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Failed
Mission failure · 20 January 1969
Launch or early mission failure
GCAT records the primary mission element as ended after a launch or early mission failure.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Zond-7
Lunar spaceship test.
- GCAT ID
- F00506
- Manufacturer
- Tsentral'niy KB Ekspermental'novo Mashinostroeniya
- Launch mass
- 2,800 kg
- Propulsion
- KTDU-53
- Dimensions
- 1.8 m long · 2 m diameter · 1.8 m span
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Gallery
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