Luna 12 (Ye-6LF No.102), a Soviet lunar orbiter that returned high-resolution surface photographs from lunar orbit. Molniya-M from Baikonur LC-31/6 launched it on 22 October 1966; it entered lunar orbit on 25 October, with last contact on 19 January 1967.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LO
- Lunar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.2 T
- Flight
- 6th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 22 October 1966, 08:42 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Lunar Exploration
- International designator
- 1966-094
- Launches in 1966
- 104th of 131
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