Zond 1

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 2 Apr 1964, 02:42 am UTC

Rocket: Molniya 8K78 (R-7)

Provider: Soviet Space Program

Mission

Type: Robotic Exploration

Orbit: Venus flyby

Pad: 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Description

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.