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Mission
Kind: Mars flyby
State: Spacecraft failure
Place: Mars
Operator: OKB-1
Date
Start:
Mission Ending
"Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending." - Jim Henson
Rocket
Rocket: Molniya T103-16
Kind: OKB-1
Mass: 890 kg (1,960 lb)
Launch Site: Baikonur LC-1/5
Flyby
1º Flyby: Mars
Orbit
Reference System: Heliocentric
Lander
"The journey, not the arrival, matters; the voyage, not the landing." - Paul Theroux
Zond 2 was a Soviet space probe, a member of the Zond program, and was the fifth Soviet spacecraft to attempt a flyby of Mars. It was launched on 30th November 1964 at 13:12 UTC onboard Molniya 8K78 launch vehicle from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Russia. The spacecraft intended to survey Mars from its flight path but lost its communication before reaching Mars. It was sixth attempt of Soviet Union in direction towards Mars. (See Exploration of Mars)
