Failed · Launch or early mission failure
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The mission
Lunar orbiter, failed. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1966-017; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 1 March 1966, 11:03:49 UTC
- Launch location
- NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Molniya 8K78M
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Failed
Mission failure · 1 March 1966
Launch or early mission failure
GCAT records the primary mission element as ended after a launch or early mission failure.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Cosmos 111
Lunar orbiter, failed.
- GCAT ID
- S02093
- Manufacturer
- OKB-1 im. S.P. Korolev
- Launch mass
- 245 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.5 m long · 0.8 m diameter · 1.5 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Cosmos 111.
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