Luna Ye-8-5 (Luna 15, 16, 18, 20)

Ye-8-5 (Cruise configuration)

Ye-8-5 (Landed configuration)

Ye-8-5 Return rocket

Nation:	USSR
Type / Application:	Lunar lander and sample return
Operator:
Contractors:	GSMZ Lavochkin
Equipment:
Configuration:
Propulsion:	KTDU-417
Power:	Batteries
Lifetime:
Mass:
Orbit:

Satellite	COSPAR	Date	LS		Launch Vehicle
Luna (15b) (Ye-8-5 №402)	1969-F08	14.06.1969	Ba LC-81/24	F	Proton-K Blok-D
Luna 15 (Ye-8-5 №401)	1969-058A	13.07.1969	Ba LC-81/24		Proton-K Blok-D
Kosmos 300 (Luna (16a)) (Ye-8-5 №403)	1969-080A	23.09.1969	Ba LC-81/24	P	Proton-K Blok-D
Kosmos 305 (Luna (16b)) (Ye-8-5 №404)	1969-092A	22.10.1969	Ba LC-81/24	P	Proton-K Blok-D
Luna (16c) (Ye-8-5 №405)	1970-F02	06.02.1970	Ba LC-81/23 ?	F	Proton-K Blok-D
Luna 16 (Ye-8-5 №406)	1970-072A	12.09.1970	Ba LC-81/23		Proton-K Blok-D
Luna 18 (Ye-8-5 №407)	1971-073A	02.09.1971	Ba LC-81/24		Proton-K Blok-D
Luna 20 (Ye-8-5 №408)	1972-007A	14.02.1972	Ba LC-81/24		Proton-K Blok-D

Launch Sites:

Ba = Baikonur (Tyuratam, NIIP-5, GIK-5), Tyuratam, USSR

Further Luna missions:

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