| Category.
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Statistic.
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| Launch vehicle.
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N/A Soviet unit.
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| Launch date.
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Launched 30 November 1964.
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| Launch site.
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Baikonur 1/5 (?), USSR.
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| Ceased operations.
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Communications were lost in the May of 1965, but the Mars flyby still occurred on the 6th of August 1965
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| Owner(s).
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OKB-1 (?).
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| Major contractor(s) .
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Korolev Design Bureau (?).
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| Is it still in orbit.
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Burned up on 6 April 1960.
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| Is it still in orbit.
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N/A.
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| Launch mass.
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N\A, but probably akin to aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era.
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| Nationality(s).
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Soviet.
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| Satellite type.
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Mars orbiter.
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| Links.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zond_2.
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