Zond 3 (3MV-4 No.2), a Soviet lunar/interplanetary probe that imaged the Moon’s far side on a lunar flyby. Molniya 8K78 from Baikonur Site 1/5 lofted it on 18 July 1965; on 20 July it returned about 25 farside photos before continuing into heliocentric orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Lunar flyby
- Payload to orbit
- 2.5 T
- Flight
- 28th
- of 40 Molniya 8K78 flights
- Date and time
- 18 July 1965, 14:32 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya 8K78
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Lunar Exploration
- International designator
- 1965-056
- Launches in 1965
- 64th of 124
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