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Soyuz 7K-L1 #13L

Rocket launch

by Russia

Launch time20 Jan 196904:14 UTC

failure

Serial number: 237-01

#3 second stage engine failed due to rotor imbalance. The other three engines managed to complete second stage burn successfully, but the third stage then failed due to a propellant feed malfunction. The spacecraft was detached and successfully recovered.

Rocket ProtonK/D 8K82K/11S824

launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Pad 81/23Kazakhstan

Payloads

NamePurposeMassComment
Soyuz 7K-L1 #13LSpacecraft test--