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B1-4

Rocket launch

by Russia

Launch time10 Jul 195807:42 UTC

failure

Serial number: B1-4

Test of Luna 8K72 rocket. High-frequency vibrations caused the Blok D strap-on's combustion chamber to disintegrate. The strap-on broke away at liftoff while the rest of the booster impacted near the pad.

Rocket R-7

launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Pad 1/5Kazakhstan