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Luna-6
Molniya 8K78 · Lunar Exploration
19651/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Mission
Ye-6 series probe designed to land on the Moon. Flew past the moon due to its main engine failing to cut-off during a mid-course correction.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- Soviet Space Program
- Rocket
- Molniya 8K78
- Orbit
- LO
- Pad
- 1/5
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2