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Luna-5a
Launch FailureLaunch Details
Date: 21 Mar 1964, 08:15 am UTC
Rocket: Molniya 8K78 (R-7)
Provider: Soviet Space Program
Mission
Type: Lunar Exploration
Orbit: Lunar Orbit
Pad: 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission Description
Ye-6 series probe designed to land on the Moon. Failed to reach orbit.