Failed · Launch or early mission failure
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The mission
Lunar orbiter. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1968-F01; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 7 February 1968, 10:43:54 UTC
- Launch location
- NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Molniya 8K78M
- Orbit
- Suborbital trajectory
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Failed
Mission failure · 7 February 1968
Launch or early mission failure
GCAT records the primary mission element as ended after a launch or early mission failure.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Luna
Lunar orbiter.
- GCAT ID
- F00457
- Manufacturer
- Tsentral'niy KB Ekspermental'novo Mashinostroeniya
- Launch mass
- 1,390 kg
- Propulsion
- KTDU-5A
- Dimensions
- 2.6 m long · 1.5 m diameter · 2.6 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Luna.
Verification
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