Zenit-2 suffered a second-stage failure from main-engine overheating, destroying the Tselina-2 no. 12 electronic-intelligence satellite and pushing the troubled Zenit program toward cancellation.
- Outcome
- Failure
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- Did not reach orbit
- Flight
- 17th
- of 35 Zenit-2 flights