Luna-5b

Launch Failure

Launch Details

Date: 20 Apr 1964, 08:08 am UTC

Rocket: Molniya 8K78 (R-7)

Provider: Soviet Space Program

Type: Lunar Exploration

Orbit: Lunar Orbit

Pad: 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Ye-6 series probe designed to land on the Moon. Failed to reach orbit.