Luna 12 Ye-6LF lunar-orbiter spacecraft family
Luna 12 was the Soviet Union’s 1966 Ye-6LF lunar orbiter. It entered a 133-by-1,200-kilometer lunar orbit on October 25, returned the first released photographs of the Moon’s surface from the mission, and then completed a successful scientific mission with micrometeoroid and radiation instruments before contact was lost in January 1967.
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- Luna 12Lunik 12Ye-6LF No. 102Luna 12 spacecraft
- Family Name
- Luna 12
- Full Name
- Luna 12 Ye-6LF lunar-orbiter spacecraft family
- Roles
- interplanetary_probeorbiterresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
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- Luna 12 was the Soviet Union’s 1966 Ye-6LF lunar orbiter. It entered a 133-by-1,200-kilometer lunar orbit on October 25, returned the first released photographs of the Moon’s surface from the mission, and then completed a successful scientific mission with micrometeoroid and radiation instruments before contact was lost in January 1967.
- First Flight Year
- 1,966
- Last Flight Year
- 1,967
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- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 12:26:07 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 15, 2026 at 00:37:59 UTC