Soviet Space Program

Proton 3a

UR-500

FAILURE

Failure

Thursday, March 24, 1966 · 14:39 UTC

Mission

/01

The N-4 series of satellites, a.k.a. Proton-1, carried instruments to study super-high energy cosmic particles.

Mission Type

Astrophysics

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Failure

/02

Rocket

Launch Pad

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

46.074° N, 62.978° E

Pad Launches

138

Location Launches

176

Agency Launches

Orbital This Year