Cosmos 159
Launch Partial Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
21:44:55
Tuesday May 16, 1967
Mission Details
Launch Notes
Cosmos 159 was to be placed in lunar orbit, but the S1.5400A engine on the upper stage Block L stopped prematurely, and put it in a highly elliptical orbit.
Cosmos 159
It is the first E-6LS lunar probe, for nine days tests of the decimetric communication system can still be done and are a success. The probe re-entered the atmosphere on November 11, 1977.
Lunar orbit
1 Payload
1,620 kilograms
Rocket
Manufacturer
RKK EnergiyaRocket
Height: 44.23m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 6,200 kg
GTO: 2,400 kg
Liftoff Thrust
4,391 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 2.58m
Height: 6.74m
Stages
4
Strap-ons
4
Launch Site
Stats
Molniya-M
8th
Mission
1st
Mission of 1967
RKK Energiya
243rd
Mission
24th
Mission of 1967
1967
50th
Orbital launch attempt