Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Lunar orbiter. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1968-027; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 7 April 1968, 10:09:32 UTC
- Launch location
- NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Molniya 8K78M
- Orbit
- Cislunar or translunar orbit
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 24 June 1968
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Luna 14
Lunar orbiter.
- GCAT ID
- S03178
- Manufacturer
- NPO Lavochkin
- Launch mass
- 1,388 kg
- Propulsion
- KTDU-5A
- Dimensions
- 4.5 m long · 2 m diameter · 4.5 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Luna 14.
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