Kosmos 167 (4V-1 No.311), the twin Venus lander to Venera 4 for the Soviet Venus program. Molniya-M/Blok VL from Baikonur Site 1/5 on 17 June 1967; Blok VL failed to fire, stranding the probe in LEO until decay on 25 June.
- Outcome
- Partial
- Orbit
- Venus
- Payload to orbit
- 1.7 T
- Flight
- 10th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 17 June 1967, 02:36 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Robotic Exploration
- International designator
- 1967-063
- Launches in 1967
- 68th of 139
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