Luna 13 (Ye-6M No.205), a Soviet uncrewed lunar soft-lander launched on a Molniya-M from Baikonur; it landed in Oceanus Procellarum on 24 December, returned panoramas, and measured regolith density and strength—the third successful Moon landing.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Lunar Impactor
- Lunar impact
- Payload to orbit
- 2.2 T
- Flight
- 7th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 21 December 1966, 10:17 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Lunar Exploration
- International designator
- 1966-116
- Launches in 1966
- 129th of 131
See it in orbit
Space Atlas shows the satellites and rocket stages from this launch in 3D.
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