Ye-6 series lunar landers

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The Ye-6 series lunar landers were Soviet robotic spacecraft designed in the 1960s to achieve soft landings on the Moon as part of the Luna program.

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Label Occurrences
Luna E-1 No.2 1
Luna E-6 1
Luna E-6 series 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet spacecraft series
series of robotic lunar landers
uncrewed spacecraft
carriedInstrument micrometeoroid detector
radiation detector
radiation dosimeter
television camera
temperature sensors
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
designer Sergei Korolev
developedIn 1960s
firstSoftLandingDate 1966-02-03
firstSoftLandingMission Luna 9
firstSuccessfulSoftLander Luna 9
followedBy Ye-6 series lunar landers self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ye-6M series lunar landers
goal achieve first Soviet soft landing on the Moon
guidanceSystem onboard inertial guidance
radio guidance from Earth
heritage influenced later Soviet lunar lander designs
landingMethod crushable landing pads
retro-rocket braking
launchSite Baikonur Cosmodrome
launchVehicle Luna rocket
surface form: Luna launch vehicle

Molniya-M rocket
manufacturer OKB-1
missionType soft lunar landing
notableAchievement first panoramic images from the lunar surface
first soft landing on the Moon by a spacecraft
notableSpacecraft Luna 13
Luna 4
Luna 5
Luna 6
Luna 7
Luna 8
Luna 9
operatedBy Soviet space program
partOf Luna programme
surface form: Luna program
powerSource chemical batteries
solar panels
precededBy Ye-4 series lunar impactors
primaryTarget Moon
programPeriod 1960s
propulsion liquid-fueled main engine
vernier thrusters
spacecraftType lunar lander
stabilization three-axis stabilized
usedFor lunar surface imaging
lunar surface scientific measurements
testing soft-landing techniques
usedInConflict Space Race

Referenced by (6)

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Luna program launch vehicles usedWithSpacecraftSeries Ye-6 series lunar landers
Mechta precededBy Ye-6 series lunar landers
this entity surface form: Luna E-1 No.2
Luna 9 spacecraftBus Ye-6 series lunar landers
this entity surface form: Luna E-6
Ye-6 series lunar landers followedBy Ye-6 series lunar landers self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ye-6M series lunar landers
Luna spacecraft hasPart Ye-6 series lunar landers
this entity surface form: Luna E-6 series
Luna spacecraft hasPart Ye-6 series lunar landers
this entity surface form: Luna E-6M series