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Zond L1S-2

Soviet Union · Launched

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Failed · Failure

7K-L1S no.5. N1 launch failure; escape system fired at14.5seconds and capsule recovered2km from the pad.

Destinations
Launch vehicle
N-1 rocket
Launch site
Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome)
Countries
Soviet Union
Mission types
Orbiter

Chronology

Mission timeline

  1. Milestone

    Launch-abort capsule recovered

    Earth

  2. Launch

    7K-L1S no.5 launched; ascent failed

    N1 launch failure; escape system fired at14.5seconds and capsule recovered2km from the pad. Exact L1S DOK exterior and possible carried dummy payload need original manifest review.

    Earth

Mission architecture

Vehicles

  • Zond L1S-2 · Spacecraft

    Destinations: Moon

    • Zond L1S-2 escape return capsule · Return capsule

      Destinations: Earth

    • L3S lunar vehicle mass mockup · Other

      Destinations: Moon

Trajectory record

Trajectory dataset not yet available

Known dates and encounters do not uniquely determine a flight path. This mission’s sourced timeline is available above; no verified trajectory is currently published here.

What is needed to reconstruct this path?
  • A frame-qualified position and vector velocity at an epoch, or equivalent complete orbital elements.
  • Separate state histories and release epochs for the listed vehicles; a parent mission trajectory cannot be assigned to every component.
  • Finer event-time constraints where required by an orbital reconstruction; the stored day/month/year precision is retained.
  • The actual failed-flight state history. Intended destinations are not evidence that the spacecraft reached them.

Provenance

Sources

Each source is listed once and labeled with the mission, event, trajectory, or destination/body context it supports.

Data verified through September 13, 2026