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§ Historical recordZond 4 spacecraft
High-apogee/circumlunar-system test; did not conduct lunar flyby; destructed during Earth return.
- Era
- A (1959-1976)
- Parent mission
- Zond 4
- Role
- circumlunar test spacecraft
- Operator
- Soviet space program
- Nation
- USSR
- Launched (UTC)
- 1968-03-02
- Reached Moon (UTC)
- N/A
- Event type
- flyby/test
- Outcome
- failure
- Site
- No Moon arrival
- Left on surface
- none
- Returned material
- none
- Current status
- destroyed/reentered Earth atmosphere
- Operational status (derived)
- unknown
- Source grade
- primary
- Review note
- review:medium
Primary source