Luna 22 (Ye-8LS №206), a Soviet lunar orbiter based on the Ye-8 Lunokhod bus for surface imaging, altimetry, and gravity studies. Proton-K/Blok-D from Baikonur Site 81/24 sent the craft to the Moon; it entered lunar orbit on 2 June 1974 and operated for many months.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LO
- Lunar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.9 T (est.)
- Flight
- 35th
- of 38 Proton / UR-500 K/D flights
- Date and time
- 29 May 1974, 08:56 UTC
- Rocket
- Proton / UR-500 K/D
- Builder
- Khrunichev
- Launch site
- 81/24 (81P), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Lunar Exploration
- International designator
- 1974-037
- Launches in 1974
- 40th of 113
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