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Zond 2.
Category. Statistic.
Launch vehicle. N/A Soviet unit.
Launch date. Launched 30 November 1964.
Launch site. Baikonur 1/5 (?), USSR.
Ceased operations. Communications were lost in the May of 1965, but the Mars flyby still occurred on the 6th of August 1965
Owner(s). OKB-1 (?).
Major contractor(s) . Korolev Design Bureau (?).
Is it still in orbit. Burned up on 6 April 1960.
Is it still in orbit. N/A.
Launch mass. N\A, but probably akin to aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era.
Nationality(s). Soviet.
Satellite type. Mars orbiter.
Links. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zond_2.
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