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Mission
Kind: Lunar orbiter
State: Successful
Place: Moon
Operator: GSMZ Lavochkin
Date
Start:
Duration: ~521 days
Mission Ending
Deactivated: Early November 1975 (1975-12)
Rocket
Rocket: Proton-K/D
Kind: GSMZ Lavochkin
Manufacturer: GSMZ Lavochkin
Mass: 5,700 kilograms (12,600 lb)
Launch Site: Baikonur 81/24
Flyby
"Requesting permission for flyby." Maverick - Top Gun
Orbit
Reference System: Selenocentric
1º Orbit: Lunar
Lander
"The journey, not the arrival, matters; the voyage, not the landing." - Paul Theroux
Luna 22 (Ye-8-LS series) was an unmanned space mission, part of the Soviet Luna program, also called Lunik 22.
