Soviet Space Program
Luna-16a
Proton / UR-500 K/D
FAILURE
Failure
Tuesday, September 23, 1969 · 14:07 UTC
Mission
/01Lunar lander and sample return probe
Mission Type
Lunar Exploration
Orbit
Lunar Orbit (LO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Failure
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Proton / UR-500 K/D
Variant: K/D
Launch Pad
81/24 (81P)
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
46.071° N, 62.985° E
8
Pad Launches
275
Location Launches
428
Agency Launches
94
Orbital This Year