Tuesday, December 18, 1990

Luna 4

1963-008B


E-6 No. 4 was successfully launched into a translunar trajectory on 1963 Apr 2 and announced as Luna-4. The spacecraft's astro-navigation system failed and the mid course correction burn was not made. Space Command seems to have tracked the Blok I stage as 1963-08A.


Luna-4 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1963 Apr 2  0816  Launch by 8K78L  KB 
 0818  Blok-A sep 
 0818  Blok-I burn 
 0825  Blok-I sep 87.90 170 x 170 x 64.7 
 0916  BOZ burn 
 0917?  Blok-L burn, TLI 
 0920?  Blok-L sep   
 1825  Blok-I  87.99 167 x 182 x 64.8 
1963 Apr 6  0124  Encounter Moon at 8500 km 
1963 Apr 10  90000 x 700000 x 65? 
1963 Apr 15   End of transmissions 

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