Failed · Launch or early mission failure
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The mission
Lunar lander. This reconstructed record groups 2 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 1964-F03; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 21 March 1964, 08:15:35 UTC
- Launch location
- NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Molniya 8K78
- Orbit
- Suborbital trajectory
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Failed
Mission failure · 21 March 1964
Launch or early mission failure
GCAT records the primary mission element as ended after a launch or early mission failure.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Luna-5
Lunar lander.
- GCAT ID
- F00286
- Manufacturer
- OKB-1 im. S.P. Korolev
- Launch mass
- 1,056 kg
- Propulsion
- KTDU-5A
- Dimensions
- 3 m long · 2 m diameter · 3 m span
ALS
GCAT program: E-6SA.
- GCAT ID
- F00287
- Manufacturer
- OKB-1 im. S.P. Korolev
- Launch mass
- 104 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.1 m long · 0.6 m diameter · 1.1 m span
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Gallery
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