Soviet Space Program
Luna-24a
Proton-K/D-1
FAILURE
Failure
Thursday, October 16, 1975 · 04:04 UTC
Mission
/01Lunar lander and sample return probe. Lost due to a launch vehicle failure.
Mission Type
Lunar Exploration
Orbit
Lunar Impactor (Lunar Impactor)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Failure
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Proton-K/D-1
Variant: D-1
Launch Pad
81/23 (81L)
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
46.074° N, 62.978° E
32
Pad Launches
436
Location Launches
959
Agency Launches
104
Orbital This Year