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LUNA 13

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Luna 13 was an uncrewed space mission of the Luna program by Soviet Union.

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Launch

Launch date
December 21, 1966 at 10:17 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Luna-13

Trajectory

Regime
Interplanetary — Lunar
Reference body
Lunar

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
1,620 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1966-116A
NORAD catalog №
2626
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
December 24, 1966

End of mission

Last active / ended
December 24, 1966
Time in service
3 days
Fate
Mission ended at Lunar.
Final status
Decayed