Planetary Science
LUNA 25
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Luna 25, also known as the Luna-Glob lander, was a failed Russian lunar lander mission operated by Roscosmos. It was the first lunar mission undertaken by Russia since the Soviet-era Luna 24 in 1976, and was intended to be the first spacecraft ever to land near the lunar south pole. The spacecraft was manufactured by NPO Lavochkin and carried 30 kg (66 lb) of scientific instruments, including instruments for analyzing lunar regolith and measuring plasma in the exosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- August 10, 2023 at 11:10 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M →
- Operator
- Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
- Mission
- Luna 25
- Launch record
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Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Lunar
- Reference body
- Lunar
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2023-118A
- NORAD catalog №
- 57600
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- August 19, 2023
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- August 19, 2023
- Time in service
- 9 days
- Fate
- Mission ended at Lunar.
- Final status
- Decayed
