Failure

Molniya 8K78 | Luna-4c

Name: Molniya 8K78 | Luna-4c
Start: 1963-01-04T08:49:00Z

Fri 4 Jan, 08:49 UTC

Ye-6 series probe designed to land on the Moon. Lost in LEO due to a launcher upper stage failure.

Mission type: Lunar Exploration · Orbit: Lunar Orbit

Launch pad

1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan · View on map (opens in new tab)