Luna E-6M
Spacecraft · Russia
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Korolev / Lavochkin E-6M spacecraft as flown on Luna 13 with soil probe.
Credit: Andy Salmon
Russian lunar lander. Luna 13. Modernized version of the E-6 with the ALS lander mass increased from 84 kg to 150 kg. Lunar soft lander, Russia. Launched 1966.
As with the E-6, after impact on the lunar surface by landing bag, the petal encasement of the spacecraft was opened, antennas were erected, and radio transmissions to Earth began four minutes after the landing. The additional payload meant that in addition to the camera the spacecraft was equipped with a mechanical soil-measuring penetrometer, a dynamograph, and a radiation densitometer for obtaining data on the mechanical and physical properties and the cosmic-ray reflectivity of the lunar surface.
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Related
- Family
- Moon
- Country
- Russia
- Engines
- KTDU-5A
- Launch Vehicles
- R-7, Molniya 8K78M
- Projects
- Luna
- Launch Sites
- Baikonur, Baikonur LC1
- Agency
- Korolev bureau
Photo Gallery
Luna 13
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Chronology
1 event
1966 December 21
10:17 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Molniya 8K78M.- Luna 13 - .
Payload: E-6M s/n 205. Mass: 1,700 kg (3,700 lb). Nation: Russia.
Agency: Korolev bureau.
Program: Luna.
Class: Moon.
Type: Lunar probe. Spacecraft Bus: Luna E-6.
Spacecraft: Luna E-6M.
Decay Date: 1966-12-24 . USAF Sat Cat: 2626 . COSPAR: 1966-116A.
Soft landed on Moon 24 December 1966 at 18:01:00 GMT, Latitude 18.87 N, 297.95 E - Oceanus Procellarum. The petal encasement of the spacecraft was opened, antennas were erected, and radio transmissions to Earth began four minutes after the landing. On December 25 and 26, 1966, the spacecraft television system transmitted panoramas of the nearby lunar landscape at different sun angles. Each panorama required approximately 100 minutes to transmit. The spacecraft was equipped with a mechanical soil-measuring penetrometer, a dynamograph, and a radiation densitometer for obtaining data on the mechanical and physical properties and the cosmic-ray reflectivity of the lunar surface. It is believed that transmissions from the spacecraft ceased before the end of December 1966.