Mission Details
| Mission Name: Luna 11 |
| Mission Type: Lunar Orbiter |
| Operator: Soviet Union (Roscosmos) |
| Launching State: Soviet Union/Russia |
| Location: Precise location undetermined or undisclosed. |
| Latitude: N/A |
| Longitude: N/A |
| Launch Date: 24 August 1966, 08:09:00 UT |
| Landing Date: N/A |
| Objects on or Related to Site: Luna 11 |
| Image Source: NASA |
Description
Luna 11 was designed to take the first photographs of the surface of the Moon from lunar orbit. A secondary objective was to obtain data on gravitational anamolies on the Moon.
Read more:
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/luna-11/in-depth/
Heritage Consideration
The orbiter failed to return usable images of the Moon.
Object on or Related to Site
| Object Name: Luna 11 | |
| Cospar: 1966-078A | |
| Norad: N/A | |
| Location: Precise location unknown or undisclosed. | |
| Launch Date: 24 August 1966, 08:09:00 UT | |
| Landing Date: N/A | |
| Deployment: N/A | |
| End Date: 1 October 1966 | |
| Function: Study the Moon’s chemical composition. | |
| Image Source: NASA |
Description
Luna 11 was an uncrewed space mission of the Soviet Union’s Luna program. It was also called Lunik 11. Luna 11 was launched towards the Moon from an Earth-orbiting platform and entered lunar orbit on 27 August 1966. A total of 137 radio transmissions and 277 orbits of the Moon were completed before the batteries failed on October 1, 1966.
