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LUNA 11
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Luna 11 was an uncrewed space mission of the Soviet Union's Luna program. It was also called Lunik 11. Luna 11 was launched towards the Moon on board a Molniya-M and entered lunar orbit on 27 August 1966.
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Launch
- Launch date
- August 24, 1966 at 08:03 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Molniya-M 2BL →
- Operator
- Soviet Space Program
- Mission
- Luna-11
- Launch record
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Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Lunar
- Reference body
- Lunar
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Russia (CIS / former USSR)
- Launch mass
- 1,640 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1966-078A
- NORAD catalog №
- 2406
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Status
- active