Flight
- Date and time (UTC)
- January 8, 1973, 06:55
- Launch designation
- 1973-001
- Mission
- E-8 No. 204
- Flight name
- Luna-21
- Vehicle flight ID
- 259-01
- Year
- Launches in 1973
Orbit and payload
- Initial apogee
- 150,000 km
- Payload mass to orbit
- 4.3 t
- Payloads
- 2
- GCAT launch code
- DS
Payloads
| Payload | Designation | Owner | Mission type | Mass | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luna-21 | 1973-001ANORAD 6333 | Institut Kosmicheksiye Issledovaniya | Deep space | 2,944 kg | Left Earth orbit for deep space · Jan 9, 1973 |
| Lunokhod-2 | 1973-001 | Ministry of General Machine Building | — | — | — |
Source: GCAT launch list and payload catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0). Orbit values are the initial orbit reported for the launch.