- Home
- Spacecraft
- Luna 5
Luna 5
Space probe. Luna 5 was launched on May 9, 1965 aboard a Molniya 8K78 from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (May 12, 1965).
COSPAR 1965-036ANORAD 1366Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Luna-5
- Common name
- Luna 5
- Payload designation
- E-6 No. 10
- International designator
- 1965-036A
- NORAD catalog number
- 1366
- GCAT identifier
- S01366
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.103
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- E-6
- Owner
- OKB-1
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- OKB-1 im. S.P. Korolev
- Platform (bus)
- E-6 DU
Launch
- Date
- May 9, 1965 · 07:49 UTC
- Launch record
- 1965-036Success
- Rocket
- Molniya 8K78
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- CLO
- Perigee
- 200 km
- Apogee
- 500,000 km
- Inclination
- 65.00°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- May 12, 1965
- Last known active
- May 12, 1965
- End of operations
- May 12, 1965
Size
- Mass
- 1,059 kg
- Dry mass
- 300 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,371 kg
- Length
- 2.6 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 2.6 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00065
- Final central body
- Luna
- Phase start
- May 12, 1965
- Phase outcome
- Reentered (orbital decay) · May 12, 1965
- Destination
- Luna
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 1965 | Earth | May 12, 1965 | Escaped to another body | Luna |
Landings and impacts
| World | Type | Result | Touchdown | Site | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luna | Secondary component | Targeted impact | May 12, 1965 | — | -31.00, -8.00 |
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q620396 (CC0).