1976-081A
The final E-8 class mission was E-8-5M No. 413, which carried out the third successful (and eleventh attempted) sample return flight under the name of Luna-24. It returned 0.17kg of samples. This was the first mission to use the improved Blok D-1 (11S824M) upper stage.
| Luna-24 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 Aug 9 | 1504:12 | Launch by Proton | KB |
| T+2:03? Stage 2 burn | |||
| T+3:05? Fairing sep | |||
| T+5:27? Stage 3 burn | |||
| 1514? | T+9:43? Stage 3 sep, suborb | ||
| 1518? | T+14 min? SOZ burn | ||
| T+14 min? Blok D burn | |||
| 1520? | T+16 min? Blok D MECO-1, EOI | ||
| 1619? | T+1h15? Blok D MES-2 | ||
| 1622 | Asc node | ||
| 1625? | Blok D MECO-2, TLI | ||
| 1625? | Blok D sep | ||
| 1976 Aug 13 | 2311 | Lunar orbit insertion | 119.3 108 x 122 x 119.4 |
| 1976 Aug 16 | TCM | 114.7 14 x 119 x 120.5 | |
| 1976 Aug 17 | TCM | ||
| 1976 Aug 18 | SO tanks sep | ||
| 1976 Aug 18 | 0630 | Retro | |
| 0636 | Landed 12 45 N 62 12 E | ||
| 1976 Aug 18 | Drilling | ||
1976-U01
| L24VA | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 Aug 19 | 0525 | Launch to 2.7 km/s | |
| 1735? | Leave lunar sphere | ||
| 1976 Aug 23 | 0220? | VA rocket sep (range 50000 km?) | |
| 0540? | Reentry | ||
| 1976 Aug 23 | 0555 | Landed 200 km SE of Surgut | |
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