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Title: 50 years ago - Failed "Zond"-mission
Post by: Alter Sachse on 09/28/2017 03:12 pm
http://www.russianspaceweb.com/l1-no4l.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_7K-L1_No.4L

27.09.1967 first "Zond" for circumlunar flyby failed after a few seconds.
Title: Re: 50 years ago - Failed "Zond"-mission
Post by: Blackstar on 10/02/2017 03:24 pm
I have written a number of articles about how U.S. intelligence agencies monitored the Soviet launches, including the Proton launches, and tried to determine what their missions were:

http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3136/1

http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3143/1

What the evidence shows is--as you would expect--the first launches tended to be the most confusing. However, patterns quickly became apparent for subsequent launches. These patterns included the launch vehicle, the trajectory, any signals broadcast before and during a mission, and also the movement of recovery forces (if it was a robotic lunar rover, for example, there was no need for recovery forces at sea, although tracking ships would still be deployed).

Title: Re: 50 years ago - Failed "Zond"-mission
Post by: deaville on 10/02/2017 04:19 pm
I have written a number of articles about how U.S. intelligence agencies monitored the Soviet launches, including the Proton launches, and tried to determine what their missions were:

I suspect that Geoff Perry and the Kettering Group knew as much, if not more, than the U.S. intelligence agencies.
Title: Re: 50 years ago - Failed "Zond"-mission
Post by: Blackstar on 10/02/2017 08:51 pm
I have written a number of articles about how U.S. intelligence agencies monitored the Soviet launches, including the Proton launches, and tried to determine what their missions were:

I suspect that Geoff Perry and the Kettering Group knew as much, if not more, than the U.S. intelligence agencies.

You'd be wrong. Kettering Group did not have listening posts in Turkey, Japan, Pakistan, elsewhere. They also did not operate satellites. As good as they were, their assets were extremely limited.

Title: Re: 50 years ago - Failed "Zond"-mission
Post by: Alter Sachse on 10/02/2017 09:49 pm
http://www.russianspaceweb.com/l1-no4l.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_7K-L1_No.4L

27.09.1967 first "Zond" for circumlunar flyby failed after a few seconds.
Not to forget: it was the beginning of a series of failures.
Title: Re: 50 years ago - Failed "Zond"-mission
Post by: Blackstar on 10/02/2017 09:52 pm
http://www.russianspaceweb.com/l1-no4l.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_7K-L1_No.4L

27.09.1967 first "Zond" for circumlunar flyby failed after a few seconds.
Not to forget: it was the beginning of a series of failures.

Yeah, Proton had a particularly high failure rate early on. It took them awhile to iron out the kinks.
Title: Re: 50 years ago - Failed "Zond"-mission
Post by: Thomas Dorman on 10/06/2017 02:19 pm
Thought some may find this paper model of  Zond of interest link to model at bottom of article.
Soyuz 7K-L1 Zond Spacecraft Free Paper Model Download
http://www.papercraftsquare.com/soyuz-7k-l1-zond-spacecraft-free-paper-model-download.html
Regards
Thomas