| Mission type | Lunar lander |
|---|---|
| Operator | Soviet space program |
| COSPAR ID | 1965-044A |
| SATCAT no. | 01393 |
| Mission duration | 10 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Ye-6 |
| Manufacturer | OKB-1 |
| Launch mass | 1,442 kilograms (3,179 lb)[1] |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 8 June 1965, 07:41:00 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Molniya-M 8K78M |
| Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Last contact | Cosmic radiation measurement ended 18 June 1965[2] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Heliocentric |
| Lunar flyby (failed landing) | |
| Closest approach | 11 June 1965 |
| Distance | 160,000 kilometres (99,000 mi) |
Luna 6, or E-6 No.7 (Ye-6 series) was an uncrewed Soviet spacecraft which was intended to perform a landing on the Moon as part of the Luna program. Due to the failure of a mid-course correction manoeuvre, Luna 6 failed to land, instead flying past the Moon at a distance of 160,000 kilometres (99,000 mi).
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Luna6was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Lyubimov, G. P. (11 October 1967). "Measurement of the Intensity of Cosmic Radiation During the Flights of Automatic Interplanetary Stations Zond-1, Zond-2, Zond-3, Luna-5, Luna-6" (PDF). From last graph of Fig. 1. Retrieved 25 December 2019.