Status
Partial Failure
Cosmos 159
Launch Time
Tue May 16, 1967 21:44 UTC
Tue May 16, 1967 21:44 UTC
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.
Rocket
Mission Details
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.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,620.0 kg
Lunar orbit
Location
Site 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
1967
50th orbital launch attempt
Molniya-M
8th mission
1st mission of 1967