N1 | Zond-M 2
Launch Failure
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Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
July 3, 1969, 8:18 p.m. - July 3, 1969, 8:18 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
July 3, 1969, 8:18 p.m. - July 3, 1969, 8:18 p.m.
The N1 was a super heavy-lift launch vehicle intended to deliver payloads beyond low Earth orbit, acting as the Soviet counterpart to the US Saturn V. It was designed with manned extra-orbital travel in mind. Development work started on the N1 in 1959. Its first stage is the most powerful rocket stage ever built. (checked 2019)
The Soyuz 7K-L1 "Zond" spacecraft was designed to launch men from the Earth to circle the Moon without going into lunar orbit in the context of the Soviet crewed Moon-flyby program in the Moon race. It was based on the Soyuz 7K-OK.
Soyuz Details
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