Soyuz 7K-L1 No.13L

Uncrewed Soyuz 7K-L1 circumlunar test (Zond L1 No.13 / Zond-1969A) toward a lunar free-return trajectory. Proton-K/Blok D from Baikonur Site 81/23 on 20 January 1969 failed when a second-stage RD-0210 engine shut down; the capsule aborted and was recovered.

Outcome

Failure

Payload to orbit

Did not reach orbit

Flight

9th

of 38 Proton / UR-500 K/D flights

Date and time

20 January 1969, 04:14 UTC

Rocket

Proton / UR-500 K/D

Builder

Khrunichev

Launch site

81/23 (81L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Payload

Unknown

Launches in 1969

6th of 125