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Venera 8
Credit - NASA
Other Designations: Zond 1. Manufacturer's Designation: 3MV-1. Class: Planetary. Type: Venus. Destination: Venus. Nation: Russia. Agency: NII-88. Manufacturer: Lavochkin.

Typical orbit: 197 km x 209 km at 65 degrees inclination. Mass: 890 kg (1,960 lb).

Venera 3MV-1 Chronology
  • 1964 February 19 - 3MV-1 No. 2 SA - Program: Mars. Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC1. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. FAILURE: Failure.

  • 1964 March 1 - Venus launch delayed. - Program: Venera. Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: -. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz.
    The launch was delayed due to malfunctions during prelaunch service.

  • 1964 March 27 - Cosmos 27 - Program: Venera. Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC1. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. FAILURE: During unpowered coast in parking orbit the escape stage Block L lost stable attitude due to a loss of the power circuit of the pneumatic valves of the attitude control and stabilization system. Mass: 890 kg (1,960 lb). Perigee: 197 km (122 mi). Apogee: 209 km (129 mi). Inclination: 64.80 deg. Period: 88.50 min.
    The stage with payload remained in Earth orbit as Cosmos-27.

  • 1964 April 2 - Zond 1 - Program: Venera. Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC1. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Mass: 890 kg (1,960 lb).
    Failed Venus probe. Solar Orbit (Heliocentric). Elaboration of a long range space system and conduct of scientific research.

Bibliography:

  • McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
  • JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Web Address when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.
  • Varfolomyev, Timothy, Spaceflight, "Soviet Rocketry that Conquered Space - Part 5", 1998, Volume 40, page 85.
  • Novosti Kosmonavtiki, "Otmenenniy Start "Molniya-M"", 1997, Issue 1, page 29.
  • McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. Web Address when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html.
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