Zond 2

Zond 2
The Soviet Zond 2.
NamesZond 3MV-4 No. 2
Mission typeMars flyby
OperatorOKB-1
COSPAR ID1964-078C Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.00945
Spacecraft properties
Bus3MV-4
Launch mass890 kg (1,960 lb)
Start of mission
Launch dateNovember 30, 1964, 13:12 UTC
RocketMolniya T103-16
Launch siteBaikonur LC-1/5
Orbital parameters
Reference systemHeliocentric
Eccentricity0.216
Perihelion altitude0.98 AU
Aphelion altitude1.52 AU
Inclination6.4°
Period508 days
Velocity5.62 km/s
Flyby of Mars
Closest approachAugust 6, 1965
Distance1,500 km (930 mi)
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Zond 2 was a Soviet space probe, a member of the Zond program, and was the sixth Soviet spacecraft to attempt a flyby of Mars.[1][2] (See Exploration of Mars)[3] It was launched on November 30, 1964 at 13:12 UTC onboard Molniya 8K78 launch vehicle from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, USSR. The spacecraft was intended to survey Mars but lost communication before arrival.

  1. ^ "Chronology of Mars Missions". ResearchGate. doi:10.13140/rg.2.2.29797.65768. Archived from the original on December 10, 2018.
  2. ^ "Zond 2 Mars Flyby ~ Fornax Space Missions". Archived from the original on December 26, 2018. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  3. ^ Zond-2: An early attempt to touch Mars