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Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Luna 25

August 10, 2023 at 11:10 PM UTC

Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Luna 25 launch image
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August 10, 2023 at 11:10 PM UTC

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Cosmodrome Site 1S

Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation · 51.8844, 128.3339

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Cosmodrome Site 1S

Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation

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Mission description

Luna 25 (ex-Luna-Glob) was a lunar lander mission by the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) that crashed into the lunar surface after an anomalous orbital maneuver placed it on a collision trajectory towards the Moon. It was scheduled to land near the lunar south pole at the Boguslavsky crater to prove lunar landing technology. The mission carried 30 kg of scientific instruments, including a robotic arm for soil samples and possible drilling hardware. It was planned to remain active for at least one year on the lunar surface.

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Трансляция запуска автоматической станции «Луна-25»

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Vehicle

Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M

Soyuz · Fregat-M

Height

46.3 m

Diameter

10.3 m

LEO capacity

8,200 kg

Successful launches

36

Launch complex

Cosmodrome Site 1S

Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation

The Vostochny Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport above the 51st parallel north in the Amur Oblast, in the Russian Far East. It is intended to reduce Russia's dependency on the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The first launch took place on 28 April 2016 at 02:01 UTC.

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Mission updates

Adding T-0

January 27, 2022 at 1:02 PM UTC · Nosu

NET 2023

September 7, 2022 at 10:21 AM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin

Delayed to NET July 2023

September 20, 2022 at 4:37 PM UTC · Jay

NET July 13

February 23, 2023 at 4:10 PM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin

Added launch time.

May 12, 2023 at 2:29 PM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin