Luna 11, a Soviet Ye-6LF lunar orbiter studying the Moon from selenocentric orbit. Molniya-M/Blok-L from Baikonur Site 31/6 lofted it on 24 August 1966; entered lunar orbit on 27 August, but its TV camera failed to return usable images before last contact on 1 October.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LO
- Lunar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.2 T
- Flight
- 5th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 24 August 1966, 08:03 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Lunar Exploration
- International designator
- 1966-078
- Launches in 1966
- 85th of 131
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