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Luna 6
Space probe. Luna 6 was launched on June 8, 1965 aboard a Molniya 8K78 from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Jun 11, 1965).
COSPAR 1965-044ANORAD 1393Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Luna-6
- Common name
- Luna 6
- Payload designation
- E-6 No. 7
- International designator
- 1965-044A
- NORAD catalog number
- 1393
- GCAT identifier
- S01393
- 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
- June 8, 1965 · 07:40 UTC
- Launch record
- 1965-044Success
- Rocket
- Molniya 8K78
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 164 km
- Apogee
- 248 km
- Inclination
- 64.76°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- June 11, 1965
- Last known active
- Jun 11, 1965
- End of operations
- Jun 11, 1965
Size
- Mass
- 1,025 kg
- Dry mass
- 280 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,442 kg
- Length
- 2.6 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 2.6 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00074
- Final central body
- Earth
- Phase start
- June 8, 1965
- Phase outcome
- Escaped to another body · June 12, 1965
- Destination
- HCO
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q617898 (CC0).