Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
Zond 3MV-1 No.2 (or No. 4A ) also known as Venera 1964A in the West was a Soviet spacecraft which was launched in 1964 as part of the Zond programme. Due to a problem with its carrier rocket third stage it failed to reach low Earth orbit.Zond 3MV-1 No.2 was launched at 05:47:40 UTC on 19 February 1964 atop a Molniya 8K78M carrier rocket flying from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.