Venera 1VA No. 1 (Sputnik 7), the first Soviet attempt at a Venus flyby probe, launched on a Molniya 8K78 from Baikonur; the Blok-L escape stage failed to fire and the spacecraft remained stranded in low Earth orbit until re-entry.
- Outcome
- Partial
- Payload to orbit
- 1.2 T (est.)
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 40 Molniya 8K78 flights
- Date and time
- 4 February 1961, 01:18 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya 8K78
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Unknown
- International designator
- 1961-002
- Launches in 1961
- 2nd of 50
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