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7 February 1968, 10:43 UTC

Ye-6LS 112

Molniya-M 2BLBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Drawing of the Molniya-M 2BL for Ye-6LS 112

Luna E-6LS No.112 (Luna 1968A), a Soviet lunar-orbiter spacecraft intended to study the Moon from selenocentric orbit, lost when its Molniya-M/Blok L ran out of propellant during third-stage burn after launch from Baikonur Site 1/5.

Outcome
Failure
Orbit
LO
Lunar orbit
Payload to orbit
Did not reach orbit
Flight
11th
of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
Date and time
7 February 1968, 10:43 UTC
Builder
Progress RSC
Launch site
1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Payload
Lunar Exploration
Launches in 1968
10th of 128