Luna E-6 No.2
First Ye-6 lunar soft-lander, stranded by upper stage failure.
Luna E-6 No.2, also called No.1 and known in the West as Sputnik 25, was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1963. It weighed 1500 kilograms and was the first of twelve Luna Ye-6 probes. A failure in its rocket's upper stage left it stranded in a useless orbit. The mission aimed to be the first to softly land on the Moon, a feat later achieved by the final Ye-6, Luna 9.
Quick Facts
- Operator
- Soviet space program
- Satcat
- 522
- Mission duration
- Launch failure
- Manufacturer
- OKB-1
- Launch mass
- 1,500 kg / 3,307 lb
- Launched
- 4 January 1963, 08:49
- Launch rocket
- Molniya-L 8K78L s/n T103-09
- Launch site
- Baikonur 1/5
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