Zond 1c

Launch Failure

Launch Details

Date: 27 Mar 1964, 03:24 am UTC

Rocket: Molniya 8K78 (R-7)

Provider: Soviet Space Program

Type: Robotic Exploration

Orbit: Venus flyby

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

Zond 1c was a 3MV-1 series Venus probes that carried a landing capsule. It was left in Earth orbit when the upper stage of the launch vehicle failed.