Launch Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
08:08:28
Monday April 20, 1964
The launch was a failure due to an error on the third stage.
E-6 n°5, sometimes identified by NASA as Luna 1964B, was a Soviet spacecraft which was lost in a launch failure in 1964. It was a 1,422-kilogram Luna E-6 spacecraft, the fifth of twelve to be launched, It was intended to be the first spacecraft to perform a soft landing on the Moon, a goal which would eventually be accomplished by the final E-6 spacecraft, Luna 9.
Lunar orbit
1 Payload
1,422 kilograms


Manufacturer
RKK EnergiyaRocket
Height: 44.23m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 6,000 kg
GTO: 2,200 kg
Liftoff Thrust
4,378 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 2.58m
Height: 6.74m
Stages
4
Strap-ons
4
19th
Mission
5th
Mission of 1964
85th
Mission
10th
Mission of 1964
24th
Orbital launch attempt