Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Lunar lander, failed. This reconstructed record groups 2 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 1965-018; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 12 March 1965, 09:25:31 UTC
- Launch location
- NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Molniya 8K78
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 12 March 1965
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Cosmos 60
Lunar lander, failed.
- GCAT ID
- S01246
- Manufacturer
- OKB-1 im. S.P. Korolev
- Launch mass
- 1,288 kg
- Propulsion
- KTDU-5A
- Dimensions
- 2.6 m long · 1.5 m diameter · 2.6 m span
Kosmos-60
Lunar probe, failed.
- GCAT ID
- A00645
- Manufacturer
- OKB-1 im. S.P. Korolev
- Launch mass
- 82 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.7 m long · 0.8 m diameter · 0.7 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Cosmos 60.
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