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Zond 7

NSSDC ID: 69-067A

Description:
Zond 7 was launched towards the moon from a mother spacecraft
(69-067B) on a mission of further studies of the moon and
circulmunar space, to obtain color photography of the earth
and the moon from varying distances, and to flight test the
spacecraft systems. Earth photos were obtained on August 9,
1969. On August 11, 1969, the spacecraft flew past the moon at
a distance of 1984.6 km and conducted two picture taking
sessions. Zond 7 reentered the earth's atmosphere on August 14,
1969, and achieved a soft landing in a preset region south of 
Kustanai. 

Launch Information:
Launch Date/Time: 1969-08-07
Launch Site/Country: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome),
                                  U.S.S.R.
Launch Vehicle: Proton Booster Plus Upper Stage and 
                           Escape Stages
On-orbit dry mass: 5979.00 kg 

Orbital Information:
Orbit: Orbiter
Central Body: Earth
Epoch start date/time: 1969.219:00:00:00 (07 Aug.)
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