Luna 14 (Ye-6LS), a Soviet lunar orbiter testing communications and tracking for the planned crewed lunar program. Molniya-M/Blok-L from Baikonur Site 1/5 launched it on 7 April 1968; it entered selenocentric orbit three days later.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LO
- Lunar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.3 T (est.)
- Flight
- 12th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 7 April 1968, 10:09 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Lunar Exploration
- International designator
- 1968-027
- Launches in 1968
- 29th of 128
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