Characteristics
- Destination:
- planetary research
- Status:
- decommissioned
- Research Object:
- The Moon
- Launch Date:
- February 14, 1972
- Spaceport:
- Baikonur
- Launchers:
- Proton-K with the D upper stage
- Machine Weight:
- Spacecraft mass: 5725 kg . Return rocket mass: 512 kg . Descent module mass: 34 kg
- Working Orbit:
- flight trajectory to the Moon
- Active Lifetime:
- 3 days
Description
The automated complex designed to deliver samples of lunar soil to the Earth.
