ocr: 5 - ) - Zond 2 ENI ROUTE FOR MARS Launched from the Soviet base at Baikonur on November 18, 1964, Zond 2 utilized an upgraded Mars 1 technology. Unfortunately the electrical system had only half the power expected and contact with the probe was lost after at trajectory correction. Zond 2 continued on its solitary path, and undoubtedly passed within 5000 Kilometers of the Red Planet. Mariner 4 Maniner 4 was launched from Cape Kennedy on November 28, 1964, only ten days after the Zond 2 launch. The probe Mariner4 was put into solar orbit, then, after a trajectory correction, itf flew over Mars o ...