Planetary Science
ZOND 2
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Zond 2 was a Soviet space probe, a member of the Zond program, and was the sixth Soviet spacecraft to attempt a flyby of Mars. It was launched on November 30, 1964 at 13:12 UTC onboard Molniya 8K78 launch vehicle from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, USSR. The spacecraft was intended to survey Mars but lost communication before arrival.
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Launch
- Launch date
- November 30, 1964 at 01:25 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Molniya 8K78 →
- Operator
- Soviet Space Program
- Mission
- Zond-2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Heliocentric
- Reference body
- Heliocentric
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Russia (CIS / former USSR)
- Launch mass
- 890 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1964-078C
- NORAD catalog №
- 945
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Status
- active