Characteristics
- Destination:
- planetary research
- Status:
- decommissioned
- Research Object:
- the Moon
- Launch Date:
- August 9, 1976
- Spaceport:
- Baikonur
- Launchers:
- Proton-K with the D upper stage
- Machine Weight:
- 5795 kg
- Working Orbit:
- flight trajectory to the Moon
- Active Lifetime:
- 13 days
Description
The station delivered to the Earth lunar soil samples weighing 170 grams and from a depth of 2,5 meters. These lunar soil samples completed a series of sampling: the Sea of Fecundity (Luna- 16), its ancient continental margin (Luna-20), and the geological section of Mare Crisium (Luna- 24). Launch date: August 9, 1976, 18 hours 4 minutes 12 seconds (Moscow Time).
