Kosmos 359, a failed Venera Venus lander twin of Venera 7. Molniya-M from Baikonur on 22 August 1970 left it stranded in Earth orbit when the Blok-L escape stage fired late and cut off early after only about 25 seconds.
- Outcome
- Partial
- Orbit
- Venus
- Payload to orbit
- 1.2 T (est.)
- Flight
- 24th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 22 August 1970, 05:06 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Robotic Exploration
- International designator
- 1970-065
- Launches in 1970
- 71st of 124
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