Photo: Joel Kowsky · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Lunar Exploration · LO
Luna 25 (ex-Luna-Glob) was a lunar lander mission by the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) that crashed into the lunar surface after an anomalous orbital maneuver placed it on a collision trajectory towards the Moon. It was scheduled to land near the lunar south pole at the Boguslavsky…
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUNA 25 2023-118A | Payload | re-entered 2023-08-19 | |
| FREGAT R/B 2023-118B | Rocket body | re-entered 2024-02-26 |
COSPAR ID 2023-118 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).