Zond 1 (3MV-1 No.4), a Soviet Venus flyby/lander probe launched on a Molniya 8K78 from Baikonur toward Venus; launch was successful, but cabin pressure leaks and electronics failures ended contact before the July 1964 flyby (~100,000 km).
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Venus flyby
- Payload to orbit
- 1.1 T (est.)
- Flight
- 18th
- of 40 Molniya 8K78 flights
- Date and time
- 2 April 1964, 02:42 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya 8K78
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Robotic Exploration
- International designator
- 1964-016
- Launches in 1964
- 20th of 100
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