Sunday, January 25, 1998

Luna 15

  1969-058A


E-8-5 No. 401 was successfully launched on 1969 Jul 13, only three days before Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins left for the Moon. It was named Luna-15. Attitude errors during descent led to late braking ignition and the vehicle crashed.


Luna-15 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1969 Jul 13  0254:42  Launch by Proton-K  KB 
 0304  Stage 3 sep 
 0306?  D MES-1 
 0309  D MECO-1 
 0411:30  D MES-2 
 0415  First asc node 
 0418?  D MECO-2 
1969 Jul 14   TCM 
1969 Jul 17  1000  Lunar orbit insertion  120.6 44 x 212 x 125.8 
1969 Jul 19  1308  TCM  123.5 97 x 219 x 125.9 
1969 Jul 20  1416  Lower perigee  114.3 16 x 110 x 126.7 
1969 Jul 21  1539?Aux tanks sep 
1969 Jul 21  1542Retrofire 
1969 Jul 21  15547Impact 17N 60E 

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