Luna 11

Luna 11 (also called Lunik 11 or Object 02406 ) was the eleventh Soviet probe of the Programme Luna.

Luna 11 was launched towards the the Moon since an intermediate terrestrial orbit and placed in lunar orbit the August 28th 1966. The objectives of the mission included the study:

of the lunar emissions X and gamma in order to determine the chemical composition of the Moon
gravitational anomalies of the Moon
of the density of flows of meteorites in lunar orbit
of the intensity of radiations in the lunar area

On the whole 137 operational transmissions and 277 revolutions were accomplished before the stopping of the batteries on October 1st 1966.

Characteristics mission

Country: Union of the Soviet socialist republics
Launch date: August 24th 1966 with 08:09 min 00s (UTC)

Site of launching: Tyuratam, Cosmodrome de Baïkonour (Kazakhstan)
Launcher: SS-6 (Sapwood) modified with an upper floor of second generation + stage of release

Mass: 3.616 kg
lunar Orbit

Périapse: 1.894 km
Apoastre: 2.937 km
Slope: 27°
Eccentricity: 0,22

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