Luna E-3 No.2 (Luna 1960B), a Soviet circumlunar photographic probe meant to image the Moon including the far side, launched on a Vostok-L 8K72 from Baikonur on 16 April 1960. A Blok-B strap-on underperformed at liftoff, the vehicle pitched over and crashed near the pad.
- Outcome
- Failure
- Orbit
- Lunar flyby
- Payload to orbit
- Did not reach orbit
- Flight
- 9th
- of 9 Vostok-L 8K72 flights
- Date and time
- 16 April 1960, 16:07 UTC
- Rocket
- Vostok-L 8K72
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Lunar Exploration
- Launches in 1960
- 10th of 38