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Zond 4
1968 Soviet test spaceflight. Zond 4 was launched on March 2, 1968 aboard a Proton-K/D from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Mar 2, 1968).
COSPAR 1968-013ANORAD 3134Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Zond-4
- Common name
- Zond 4
- Payload designation
- L-1 No. 6L
- International designator
- 1968-013A
- NORAD catalog number
- 3134
- GCAT identifier
- S03134
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.186
Mission
- Mission type
- Human spaceflight
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- L-1
- Owner
- TsKBEM
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Central KB for Experimental Machine Building
- Platform (bus)
- 7K-L1
Launch
- Date
- March 2, 1968 · 18:29 UTC
- Launch record
- 1968-013Success
- Rocket
- Proton-K/D
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC81/23
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- DSO
- Perigee
- 200 km
- Apogee
- 294,400 km
- Inclination
- 51.62°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- March 2, 1968
- Last known active
- Mar 9, 1968
- End of operations
- Mar 9, 1968
Size
- Mass
- 2,800 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,800 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 5,680 kg
- Length
- 1.8 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 1.8 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00194
- Final central body
- Earth
- Phase start
- March 2, 1968
- Phase outcome
- Landed · March 9, 1968
- Destination
- G of Guinea
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q668831 (CC0).