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Luna 25
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M · Lunar Exploration
Aug 10, 2023 · 23:10 UTCCosmodrome Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome
Mission
Luna 25 (ex-Luna-Glob) was a lunar lander mission by the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) that crashed into the lunar surface after an anomalous orbital maneuver placed it on a collision trajectory towards the Moon. It was scheduled to land near the lunar south pole at the Boguslavsky crater to prove lunar landing technology. The mission carried 30 kg of scientific instruments, including a robotic arm for soil samples and possible drilling hardware. It was planned to remain active for at least one year on the lunar surface.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- RFSA
- Rocket
- Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
- Orbit
- LO
- Pad
- Cosmodrome Site 1S
- NET precision
- Second
- Data source
- LL2 + NASA