Zond 7 (Soyuz 7K-L1 s/n 11), the only fully successful automated circumlunar test of the Soviet L1 spacecraft. Proton-K/D from Baikonur Site 81/23 on 7–8 August 1969; ~1,984 km lunar perilune, color photos, and soft recovery in Kazakhstan.
- Outcome
- Success
- Payload to orbit
- 6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 15th
- of 38 Proton / UR-500 K/D flights
- Date and time
- 7 August 1969, 23:48 UTC
- Rocket
- Proton / UR-500 K/D
- Builder
- Khrunichev
- Launch site
- 81/23 (81L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Unknown
- International designator
- 1969-067
- Launches in 1969
- 78th of 125
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