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B3-16

Rocket launch

by Russia

Launch time24 Dec 195816:00 UTC

failure

Serial number: B3-16

ICBM test. Loss of hydrogen peroxide lubricant in the Blok V strap-on, which separated 13 seconds prior to normal cutoff and staging. Manual shutoff command issued at T+130 seconds.

Rocket R-7

launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Pad 1/5Kazakhstan