Venera 3 (3MV-3 No.1), a Soviet Venus atmospheric entry probe launched on a Molniya from Baikonur; contact was lost before arrival, but its lander became the first spacecraft to impact another planet when it hit Venus on 1 March 1966.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Venus flyby
- Payload to orbit
- 1.6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 31st
- of 40 Molniya 8K78 flights
- Date and time
- 16 November 1965, 04:13 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya 8K78
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Robotic Exploration
- International designator
- 1965-092
- Launches in 1965
- 103rd of 124
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