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 1965-099; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 3 December 1965, 10:46:14 UTC
- Launch location
- NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Molniya 8K78
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Flight data
Launch intelligence
A Soviet Space Program Molniya rocket launched the Luna-8 mission on Friday, December 3, 1965 at 10:46 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Soviet Space Program
- Vehicle
- Molniya
- COSPAR launch ID
- 1965-099
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Dec 3, 1965, 10:46 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Dec 03 1965
- Pad and location
- LC-31, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 6 December 1965
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Luna 8
Lunar lander, failed.
- GCAT ID
- S01810
- Manufacturer
- OKB-1 im. S.P. Korolev
- Launch mass
- 1,090 kg
- Propulsion
- KTDU-5A
- Dimensions
- 2.6 m long · 1.5 m diameter · 2.6 m span
Luna-8 ALS
GCAT program: E-6SA.
- GCAT ID
- A00831
- Manufacturer
- OKB-1 im. S.P. Korolev
- Launch mass
- 150 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.7 m long · 0.8 m diameter · 0.7 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Luna 8.
Verification
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