Failed · Failure
Soviet Ye-6S spacecraft intended to orbit the Moon; the Blok-L upper stage lost roll control and failed to fire it out of Earth parking orbit onto a lunar trajectory, so it was designated Cosmos 111 and reentered two days after launch.
- Destinations
- Moon
- Launch vehicle
- Molniya-M
- Launch site
- Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), U.S.S.R
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Mission types
- Orbiter
Chronology
Mission timeline
Milestone
Blok-L upper stage lost roll control and failed to fire the spacecraft into a lunar trajectory
Earth
Mission architecture
Vehicles
Cosmos 111 · Spacecraft
Destinations: Moon
Trajectory record
Trajectory dataset not yet available
No verified trajectory dataset is committed for this mission, so Mission Atlas renders no path.
Provenance
Sources
Each source is listed once and labeled with the mission, event, trajectory, or destination/body context it supports.
Data verified through August 24, 2026
- Cosmos 111 - NASA NSSDCA Spacecraft Details — NSSDCAArchive · Supports: mission claims · event claims
- Moon Facts — NASAOther · Supports: destination/body context
- Planet Sizes and Locations in Our Solar System — NASAOther · Supports: destination/body context