Saturday, December 17, 1994

Zond 6

  1968-101A


The L-1 No. 12 spacecraft was launched on the Zond-6 mission. A faulty gasket around the hatch caused partial depressurization of the descent module, and as a further result the parachute system malfunctioned during descent and the spacecraft impacted the Earth's surface only 18 km from the launch site.


Zond-6 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1968 Nov 10  1911  Launch by Proton-K  KB 
 1920  Stage 3 sep 
 1921  Blok D burn 1 
 1923?  Blok D MECO-1 
 2010?SOK cone sep  165 x 199 x 51.5 
 2018:30  Blok-D burn, TLI 
 2018  SOZ units sep 
 2025?  Blok-D MECO-2 
 2026?  Blok D sep 
1968 Nov 12  0540:39  TCM 8.5s at 246000 km 
1968 Nov 14  0249  LOS 
1968 Nov 14  0300? Perilune 2420 km 
 0321  AOS 
1968 Nov 16  0640  TCM at 236000 km  25 x 400000?  
 1025SA depressurized to 380 mm due to faulty gasket 
1968 Nov 17  0536  TCM 3s at 120000 km  45 x 400000?  
 1345PAO sep 
  1352Entry 1, skip out of atmosphere  100? x -800? x ? 
 1354Spacecraft depress to 25mm  
 1358Entry 2 in USSR 
 1409Parachute jettison early at 5 km 
 1412  Impact, damaged but photos recovered 

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