Failed · Launch or early mission failure
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The mission
Lunar probe. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1959-F06; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 18 June 1959, 08:08 UTC
- Launch location
- NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Vostok-L 8K72
- Orbit
- Atmospheric trajectory
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Failed
Mission failure · 18 June 1959
Launch or early mission failure
GCAT records the primary mission element as ended after a launch or early mission failure.
Hardware
Spacecraft
AMS Luna
Lunar probe.
- GCAT ID
- F00064
- Manufacturer
- OKB-1 im. S.P. Korolev
- Launch mass
- 170 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.8 m long · 0.8 m diameter · 2 m span
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Gallery
One image from AMS Luna.
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