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Molniya 8K78 · Lunar Exploration
196531/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Mission
Ye-6 series probe designed to land on the Moon. Spun out of control during the final parts of the descent, resulting in the spacecraft impacting the lunar surface on December 6.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- Soviet Space Program
- Rocket
- Molniya 8K78
- Orbit
- LO
- Pad
- 31/6
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2