Luna-5c

Launch Failure

Launch Details

Date: 12 Mar 1965, 09:25 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 leave Earth orbit due to a failure of the power supply in the control system.