Luna 20 (Ye-8-5 No. 408), the second successful Soviet robotic lunar sample-return mission. Proton-K/Blok-D from Baikonur LC-81/24 sent the lander to the Apollonius highlands, which returned lunar soil to Earth.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LO
- Lunar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4.7 T (est.)
- Flight
- 29th
- of 38 Proton / UR-500 K/D flights
- Date and time
- 14 February 1972, 03:27 UTC
- Rocket
- Proton / UR-500 K/D
- Builder
- Khrunichev
- Launch site
- 81/24 (81P), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Lunar Exploration
- International designator
- 1972-007
- Launches in 1972
- 7th of 113
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