Kosmos 96 (3MV-4 No.6), a Soviet Venera-program Venus flyby probe launched on a Molniya from Baikonur; a third-stage combustion-chamber explosion left it stranded in LEO, so it never received a Venera designation and decayed on 9 December 1965.
- Outcome
- Partial
- Orbit
- Venus flyby
- Payload to orbit
- 963 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 32nd
- of 40 Molniya 8K78 flights
- Date and time
- 23 November 1965, 03:14 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya 8K78
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Robotic Exploration
- International designator
- 1965-094
- Launches in 1965
- 105th of 124
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