Data[]
| Category. | Statistic. |
|---|---|
| Launch vehicle. | SL-6/A-2-e. |
| Launch date. | July 18, 1965 at 14:38:00 UTC. |
| Launch site. | The Mars 3MV-4A class space probe was launched from a Tyazheliy Sputnik (65-056B) earth orbiting satellite platform towards the Moon and interplanetary space. Tyazheliy Sputnik (65-056B) from Baikonur (?) in the USSR. |
| Ceased operations. | Some time shortly after July 20, 1965. |
| Owner(s). | The Soviet government. |
| Major contractor(s) . | OKB-1. |
| Is it still in orbit. | Travelling for ever into deep space, but irrevocably breakdown some time shortly after July 20, 1965. |
| Launch mass. | 960 kg. |
| Nationality(s). | Soviet. |
| Satellite type. | Planetary science. |
| Links. | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zond_3 and http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1965-056A |
History[]
Zond 3 was an esxperimental space probe sent toward Mars as a spacecraft test. It had imaging equipment, a magnetometer, a f/106 mm camera, a TV system a high quality UV/IR video camora, ultraviolet (0.25 to 0.35 micrometre and 0.19 to 0.27 micrometre) spectrographs, infrared (3 to 4 micrometre) spectrographs, radiation sensors (gas-discharge and scintillation counters), a radiotelescope, a micrometeoroid instrument and a experimental ion drive engine. It passed and photographed the moon for a few hours on July 20, 1965.