Luna 9
1966 uncrewed space mission of the Soviet Union's Luna programme / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Luna 9 (Луна-9), internal designation Ye-6 No.13, was an uncrewed space mission of the Soviet Union's Luna programme. On 3 February 1966, the Luna 9 spacecraft became the first spacecraft to achieve a survivable landing on a celestial body and return imagery from its surface.[5][6][3]
Quick Facts Mission type, Operator ...
Mission type | Lunar lander |
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Operator | Soviet space program |
COSPAR ID | 1966-006A |
SATCAT no. | 01954 |
Mission duration | 6 days, 11 hours, 10 minutes |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Ye-6 |
Manufacturer | GSMZ Lavochkin |
Launch mass | 1583.7 kg[1] |
Landing mass | 99 kg |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 31 January 1966, 11:41:37 UTC[1] |
Rocket | Molniya-M 8K78M s/n 103-32 |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 31/6 |
End of mission | |
Last contact | 6 February 1966, 22:55 GMT |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric[2] |
Regime | Highly elliptical |
Perigee altitude | 220 km |
Apogee altitude | 500000 km |
Inclination | 51.8° |
Period | 14.96 days |
Epoch | 31 January 1966 |
Lunar lander | |
Landing date | 3 February 1966, 18:45:30 GMT |
Landing site | 7.08°N 64.37°W / 7.08; -64.37[3] or 7.13°N 64.37°W / 7.13; -64.37[4] |
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