2023-08-10 · 3 years ago

Luna-25 — launch

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Luna 25, also known as the Luna-Glob lander, was a failed Russian lunar lander mission operated by Roscosmos. It was the first lunar mission undertaken by Russia since the Soviet-era Luna 24 in 1976, and was intended to be the first spacecraft ever to land near the lunar south pole. The spacecraft was manufactured by NPO Lavochkin and carried 30 kg (66 lb) of scientific instruments, including instruments for analyzing lunar regolith and measuring plasma in the exosphere. Luna 25 lifted off on August 10, 2023, at 23:10 UTC, atop a Soyuz-2.1b rocket with a Fregat upper stage from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's Amur Region.

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_25. Related NASA reference: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/chronology.html#2023. Description adapted from Wikipedia contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

Category
Launches and Flight Tests
Type
Orbital launch
Subjects
Space transportation
Mission
Luna 25
Organization
Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos)
Vehicle
Soyuz-2-1B
Location
Vostochniy, Svobodniy, Amurskaya Oblast', Rossiya
Country
RU
Outcome
Successful

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