LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Success
Thu Aug 10 2023
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Luna 25

Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

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(11:10 PM UTC)

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(11:10 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

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(11:10 PM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M

Description:

Soyuz-2, GRAU index 14A14, is the collective designation for the 21st-century version of the Russian Soyuz rocket. In its basic form, it is a three-stage carrier rocket for placing payloads into low Earth orbit. The first-stage boosters and two core stages feature uprated engines with improved injection systems, compared to the previous versions of the Soyuz. Digital flight control and telemetry systems allow the rocket to be launched from a fixed launch platform, whereas the launch platforms for earlier Soyuz rockets had to be rotated as the rocket could not perform a roll to change its heading in flight.

Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Lunar Exploration
  • Luna 25 (ex-Luna-Glob) was a lunar lander mission by the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) that crashed into the lunar surface after an anomalous orbital maneuver placed it on a collision trajectory towards the Moon. It was scheduled to land near the lunar south pole at the Boguslavsky crater to prove lunar landing technology. The mission carried 30 kg of scientific instruments, including a robotic arm for soil samples and possible drilling hardware. It was planned to remain active for at least one year on the lunar surface.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation

Pad

Cosmodrome Site 1S