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 Luna 25 lunar lander mock-up | |
| Names | Luna-Glob lander |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Technology, reconnaissance |
| Operator | SRI RAS (IKI RAN) |
| COSPAR ID | 2023-118A |
| SATCAT no. | 57600 |
| Website | iki |
| Mission duration |
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| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Robotic lander |
| Manufacturer | NPO Lavochkin |
| Launch mass | 1,750 kg (3,860 lb)[2] |
| Payload mass | 30 kg (66 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | August 10, 2023, 23:10 UTC[3][4] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat[5] |
| Launch site | Vostochny Cosmodrome[6] |
| Contractor | |
| Lunar lander | |
| Landing date | 11:57, 19 August 2023 (UTC) (crashed) |
| Landing site | near-Lunar south pole (intended) 57°51′54″S 61°21′36″E / 57.865°S 61.360°E (crash site) (Pontécoulant G crater) |
 Luna 25 mission patch | |
Luna 25 (or Luna-25; Russian: Луна-25) was a failed Russian lunar lander mission by Roscosmos[7] in August 2023 that planned to land near the lunar south pole, in the vicinity of the crater Boguslawsky.[8]
Initially called the Luna-Glob lander (Russian: Луна-Глоб), it was renamed Luna 25 to emphasize continuity with the Soviet Union's Luna programme from the 1970s, though it is part of the Luna-Glob lunar exploration programme.[9][10] It was the first lunar lander that the Russian space agency Roscosmos has sent to the Moon and would have been the first lander to land on the lunar south pole.[11]
The Luna 25 mission lifted off on 10 August 2023, 23:10 UTC, atop a Soyuz-2.1b rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's far eastern Amur Region,[3][12] and on 16 August entered lunar orbit. On 19 August at 11:57 UTC, the lander crashed on the Moon's surface after a failed orbital manoeuvre.[13][2][14]
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- ^ Mitrofanov, Igor. "Luna-Glob" and "Luna-Resurs": science goals, payload and status (PDF). EGU General Assembly 2014.
- ^ "Запуск станции «Луна-25» запланирован на май 2022 года" [The launch of the Luna 25 spacecraft is scheduled for May 2022]. Roscosmos (in Russian). 10 August 2021. Archived from the original on 30 September 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
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- ^ O'Callaghan, Jonathan (21 August 2023). "Russian Moon lander crash — what happened, and what's next?". Nature. doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02659-6. PMID 37604864. S2CID 261063736. Archived from the original on 22 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- ^ Faulconbridge, Guy (21 August 2023). "Russia's first lunar mission in 47 years smashes into the moon in failure". Reuters.
- ^ Roth, Andrew (10 August 2023). "Moon rocket blasts off, carrying Russia's hope of first successful lunar landing since 1976". The Guardian.
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