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Luna 17 was launched from an Earth parking orbit towards the Moon and entered lunar orbit on November 15, 1970. The spacecraft soft landed on the Moon in the Sea of Rains at 3:46:50 UT on November 17 at 38.23764 N, 35.00163 W.
NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details
Luna 17 was launched from an Earth parking orbit towards the Moon and entered lunar orbit on November 15, 1970. The spacecraft soft landed on the Moon in the Sea of Rains at 3:46:50 UT on November 17 at 38.23764 N, 35.00163 W.
Lunar Exploration Timeline - NSSDCA
Luna 17 - Nov 10, 1970 - Rover 1971 Apollo 14 - Jan 31, 1971 - Crewed Landing Apollo 15 - Jul 26, 1971 - Crewed Landing Luna 18 - Sep 2, 1971 - Impact Luna 19 ... LCROSS - June 17, 2009 - Lunar Orbiter and Impactor 2010 Chang'e 2 - Oct 1, 2010 - Lunar Orbiter 2011
NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Telecommunications Details
General information for Luna 17/Lunokhod 1; Launch/Orbital information for Luna 17/Lunokhod 1; Experiments on Luna 17/Lunokhod 1; Data collections from Luna 17/Lunokhod 1; Questions and comments about this spacecraft can be directed to: Dr. David R. Williams
Soviet Missions to the Moon - NSSDCA
Jul 3, 2013 · Lunar flyby missions (Luna 3, Zond 3, 6, 7, 8) obtained photographs of the lunar surface, particularly the limb and farside regions. The Zond 6, 7, and 8 missions circled the Moon and returned to Earth where they were recovered, Zond 6 and 7 …
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The Luna 16 automatic station was launched toward the Moon from a preliminary Earth orbit and after one mid-course correction on 13 September it entered a circular 111 km lunar orbit on 17 September 1970.
Soviet Experiments and Data - NSSDCA
May 9, 2011 · Luna 13. Close-up Lunar Surface Photographs - Experiment Description First Panoramas of Lunar Surface. Luna 17. Energetic Particles - Experiment Description Particle Count Rates. Luna 19. Energetic Particles - Experiment Description Particle Count Rates. Luna 21. Laser Retro-Reflector - Experiment Description Lure 2 Ephemeris Lunar Libration Tape
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Luna 18 was based on the Ye-8-5 spacecraft body, consisting of two attached stages, an ascent stage mounted on top of a descent stage. The lander stood 3.96 meters tall and had an unfueled landed mass of 1880 kg.
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3 days ago · Luna 10 was designated a Ye-6S spacecraft, consisting of a Ye-6 bus with a fueled mass of about 1350 kg attached to a cylindrical pressurized 245 kg lunar orbiter module. The module was probably taken from the Cosmos Earth-orbiting series. It was 1.5 meters tall and 75 cm in diameter at the base.
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6 days ago · Launched on 4 October 1965 at 7:56:40 UT, the Luna 7 (Ye-6 no.11) spacecraft was intended to achieve a soft landing on the Moon.