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Luna E-6S
Part of Luna E-6
Luna 10 / E-6S
Luna 10 / E-6S
E-6S lunar orbiter spacecraft. The E-6LF and E-6LS spacecraft may have been similar.
Credit: NASA
Russian lunar orbiter. Lunar lander, Russia. Launched 1966.

AKA: E-6S;Ye-6S. Status: Operational 1966. First Launch: 1966-03-01. Last Launch: 1966-03-31. Number: 2 . Gross mass: 1,597 kg (3,520 lb).

The E-6S artificial lunar satellite was designed for the investigation of circumlunar space; development of onboard systems for putting a station into a selenocentric (circumlunar) orbit. Scientific instruments included a gamma-ray spectrometer for energies between 0.3--3 MeV, a triaxial magnetometer, a meteorite detector, instruments for solar-plasma studies, and devices for measuring infrared emissions from the Moon and radiation conditions of the lunar environment.

Gravitational studies were also conducted. The spacecraft played back to Earth the `Internationale' during the Twenty-third Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Battery powered and operated for 460 lunar orbits and 219 active data transmissions before radio signals were discontinued.


More at: Luna E-6S.

Family: Lunar Orbiters, Moon. Country: Russia. Engines: KTDU-5A. Launch Vehicles: R-7, Molniya 8K78M. Projects: Luna. Launch Sites: Baikonur, Baikonur LC31. Agency: Korolev bureau. Bibliography: 2, 296, 376, 3829, 3830, 3831, 3833, 3834, 3835, 3836, 3838, 3841, 6, 64, 65, 12777.
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1966 March 1 - . 11:03 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC31. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Molniya 8K78M. FAILURE: The escape stage Block L lost roll control during unpowered coast in parking orbit because the axis of the course regulator of the control system jammed in the zero position. The stage's engine was not fired.. Failed Stage: U.
1966 March 31 - . 10:47 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC31. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Molniya 8K78M.
1966 April 4 - .

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