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Luna 22

Also known as Luna22

U.S.S.R · Launched

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Completed · Success

A long-lived Soviet lunar orbiter that imaged the surface and measured the Moon's shape, gravity and magnetic field.

Destinations
Moon
Launch vehicle
Proton Booster Plus Upper Stage and Escape Stages
Launch site
Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), U.S.S.R
Countries
Soviet Union
Mission types
Orbiter

Chronology

Mission timeline

  1. Launch

    Luna 22 launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome

    NSSDCA's own Chronology of Lunar and Planetary Exploration lists this launch as 2 June 1974, which is the date this page gives for lunar orbit insertion. The master catalog date is committed; GCAT independently gives 1974 May 29.

  2. Milestone

    Luna 22 made a mid-course correction

  3. Orbit insertion

    Luna 22 was inserted into a 219 x 221 km lunar orbit

    Moon

  4. Milestone

    Manoeuvring fuel was exhausted after an 18 month lifetime

    Moon

  5. Mission end

    The mission was ended in early November

    Moon

Mission architecture

Vehicles

  • Luna 22 · Orbiter

    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

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Data verified through August 27, 2026