
Mission Details
Mission Name: Luna 22 |
Mission Type: Lunar Orbiter |
Operator: Soviet Union (Roscosmos) |
Launching State: Soviet Union/Russia |
Location: Unkown |
Latitude: N/A |
Longitude: N/A |
Launch Date: 29 May 1974, 08:57:00 UT |
Landing Date: N/A |
Objects on or Related to Site: Luna 22 |
Image Source: NASA |
Description
In addition to its primary mission of surface photography, Luna 22 also performed investigations to determine the chemical composition of the lunar surface, recorded meteoroid activity, searched for a lunar magnetic field, measured solar and cosmic radiation flux, and continued studies of the irregular magnetic field.

Read more:
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/luna-22/in-depth/
Heritage Consideration
The spacecraft made many orbit adjustments over its 18-month lifetime in order to optimize the operation of various experiments,
Object on or Related to Site
Object Name: Luna 22 | |
Cospar: 1974-037A | |
Norad: N/A | |
Location: Precise location unknown or undisclosed. | |
Launch Date: 29 May 1974, 08:57:00 UT | |
Landing Date: N/A | |
Deployment: N/A | |
End Date: November 1974 | |
Function: Lunar imaging. | |
Image Source: NASA |
Description
Luna 22 was a lunar orbiter mission. The spacecraft carried imaging cameras and also had the objectives of studying the Moon’s magnetic field, surface gamma ray emissions and composition of lunar surface rocks, and the gravitational field, as well as micrometeorites and cosmic rays. Luna 22 was launched into Earth parking orbit and then to the moon. It was inserted into a circular lunar orbit on 2 June 1974. The spacecraft made many orbit adjustments over its 18 month lifetime in order to optimize the operation of various experiments, lowering the perilune to as little as 25 km. Maneuvering fuel was exhausted on 2 September and the mission was ended in early November.

Read more:
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1974-037A