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Launch FailureSoviet Space Program
Proton: Luna-16a
Lunar lander and sample return probe
Tuesday, 23 September 1969
Mission Data
🇷🇺Soviet Space ProgramEst. 1931
Launch VehicleProton / UR-500 K/D
Vehicle FamilyProton / UR-500
Vehicle Record24 of 39 launches (61.5%)
Provider TypeGovernment
Agency Record2288 successes / 168 failures (93%)
Success Streak17 consecutive
ProgramLuna · Exploration
Mission TypeLunar Exploration
Target OrbitLunar Orbit
Launch Pad81/24 (81P)
Location🇰🇿 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan KAZ
Orbital Launches This Year#94
Agency Launches This Year#57
Launches From This Pad93
Launches From This Site1,565
Status Note
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
About Proton / UR-500 K/D
This four stage version of the Proton was originally designed to send manned circumlunar spacecraft into translunar trajectory.
Launch Site
81/24 (81P) · 46.0710°N 62.9850°E
Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.