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Molniya 8K78 | Luna-4d
Soviet Space Program1/5 — Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
mission
- Name
- Luna-4d
- Type
- Lunar Exploration
- Target orbit
- Lunar Orbit (LO)
Ye-6 series probe designed to land on the Moon. Lost when the launcher failed to reach orbit.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Molniya 8K78
- Family
- R-7
- Variant
- 8K78
- Provider
- Soviet Space Program
- Type
- Government
- Country
- RUS
launch site
- Pad
- 1/5
- Location
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Country
- KAZ
- Timezone
- Asia/Qyzylorda
- Coordinates
- 45.9200, 63.3420