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Luna 11

Also known as Lunik 11, Luna11

U.S.S.R · Launched

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Completed · Partial success

A Soviet lunar orbiting spacecraft sent to study the Moon's gamma- and X-ray emissions, gravitational anomalies and near-lunar radiation; an attitude control system failure misoriented the spacecraft, so its camera returned 64 images of black space over 277 orbits.

Destinations
Moon
Launch vehicle
Modified SS-6 (Sapwood) with 2nd Generation Upper Stage + Escape Stage
Launch site
Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), U.S.S.R
Countries
Soviet Union
Mission types
Orbiter

Chronology

Mission timeline

  1. Launch

    Luna 11 launched

    Earth

  2. Orbit insertion

    Luna 11 entered lunar orbit

    Moon

  3. Loss of contact

    Luna 11 batteries exhausted and transmissions ceased

    Moon

Mission architecture

Vehicles

  • Luna 11 · Spacecraft

    Destinations: Moon

Trajectory record

Trajectory dataset not yet available

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Provenance

Sources

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Data verified through August 24, 2026