Luna 12
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Luna 12 was a Soviet unmanned spacecraft launched in 1966 that successfully entered lunar orbit and returned detailed photographs of the Moon’s surface.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Luna programme spacecraft
ⓘ
uncrewed spacecraft ⓘ |
| achievedObjective |
returned detailed photographs of the Moon’s surface
ⓘ
successfully entered lunar orbit ⓘ |
| communicationBand | radio frequencies ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| dataTransmittedTo | Soviet ground stations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| destination | lunar orbit ⓘ |
| enteredOrbitAround | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| epoch | Space Race NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasImagingSystem | television camera system ⓘ |
| imageSubject | lunar surface ⓘ |
| imageType | television images ⓘ |
| launchCountry | Kazakh SSR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1966-10-22 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Baikonur Cosmodrome
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31/6 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchSuccess | true ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Molniya-M rocket NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturer | OKB-1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionEnd | 1966 ⓘ |
| missionObjective |
to enter lunar orbit
ⓘ
to photograph the Moon’s surface ⓘ to test imaging and transmission systems in lunar orbit ⓘ |
| missionType | lunar orbiter mission ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the early successful lunar orbiters
ⓘ
returning high-resolution images of the lunar surface ⓘ |
| operator | Soviet space program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbitInsertionDate | 1966-10-25 ⓘ |
| partOf | Luna programme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periapsis | low lunar orbit ⓘ |
| program | Luna programme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| programGoal |
demonstration of Soviet capability in lunar exploration
ⓘ
scientific exploration of the Moon ⓘ |
| programSequence |
predecessor of Luna 13
ⓘ
successor of Luna 11 ⓘ |
| propulsionType | chemical propulsion ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | Soviet space agency ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus | Ye-6 bus ⓘ |
| spacecraftConfiguration | orbiter only ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | Ye-6F type spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | mission completed ⓘ |
| targetBody | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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