[FPSPACE] Fw: [lunar-update] Luna 22 - Launched 1974-05-29 at 08:57:00 UTC

Mon May 31 09:21:35 EDT 2004

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Subject: [lunar-update] Luna 22 - Launched 1974-05-29 at 08:57:00 UTC

Good day.

How soon we forget, or might never have thought of.
JPL's Space Calender brings to mind.
- LRK -

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http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/<http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/>
May 29 - 30th Anniversary (1974), Luna 22 Launch
(Soviet Moon Orbiter)
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1974-037A<http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1974-037A>
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The Russians took the first pictures of the far side of the Moon.  Someday,
hopefully sooner than later, we will get some new images of the Moon, both
near and far sides.  Until then you folks will just have to look at the near
side.

Looks like there is a market there.
- LRK -

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And in figuring out how to get good pictures, nice to have company.
- LRK-

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Luna 22
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1974-037A<http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1974-037A>
NSSDC ID:1974-037A

SEE IMAGE AT WEB PAGE - LRK -
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Launch Date/Time: 1974-05-29 at 08:57:00 UTC
On-orbit dry mass: 4000 kg

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Description
Luna 22 was a lunar orbiter mission. The spacecraft carried imaging cameras
and also had the objectives of studying the Moon's magnetic field, surface
gamma ray emissions and composition of lunar surface rocks, and the
gravitational field, as well as micrometeorites and cosmic rays. Luna 22 was
launched into Earth parking orbit and then to the moon. It was inserted into
a circular lunar orbit on 2 June 1974. The spacecraft made many orbit
adjustments over its 18 month lifetime in order to optimize the operation of
various experiments, lowering the perilune to as little as 25 km.
Maneuvering fuel was exhausted on 2 September and the mission was ended in
early November.
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Discipline(s)
     Planetary Science
     Space Physics
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http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/tmp/1974-037A-traj.html<http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/tmp/1974-037A-traj.html>
Luna 22
NSSDC ID:1974-037A
Launch Information

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Launch Date/Time: 1974-05-29 at 08:57:00 UTC
Launch Site/Country: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), U.S.S.R
Vehicle: Proton Booster Plus Upper Stage and Escape Stages
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Orbital Information
Orbit Central Body Epoch Start/End Date(s)/Time(s)
Periapsis Apoapsis Period Inclination(°)

Eccentricity
Orbiter Moon 1974.153:00:00:00 (02 Jun)
  - 1974.315:00:00:00 (11 Nov) 1.1 RL 1.83 RL 192 m 19.6 .25
Orbiter Moon 1974.153:00:00:00 (02 Jun)
  - 1974.160:00:00:00 (09 Jun) 1.13 RL 1.13 RL 130 m 19.6 0
Orbiter Moon 1974.160:00:00:00 (09 Jun)
  - 1974.164:00:00:00 (13 Jun) 1.01 RL 1.14 RL 0 m 19.6 .06047
Orbiter Moon 1974.164:00:00:00 (13 Jun)
  - 1974.315:00:00:00 (11 Nov) 1.1 RL 1.17 RL 192 m 19.6 .03084
Orbiter Moon 1974.315:00:00:00 (11 Nov)
  - 1975.236:00:00:00 (24 Aug) 1.12 RL 1.81 RL 192 m 19.55 .23549
Orbiter Moon 1975.236:00:00:00 (24 Aug) 1.02 RL 1.81 RL 192 m 21 .27915

Key
Code Meaning
RL Lunar radii (1 RL = 1738 km)

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THE LUNA MISSIONS
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Soviet Lunar Missions

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The image at the top of the page is the first image of the far side of the
Moon, taken by the Luna 3 spacecraft in October, 1959.

The Soviet Lunar program had 20 successful missions to the Moon and achieved
a number of notable lunar "firsts": first probe to impact the Moon, first
flyby and image of the lunar farside, first soft landing, first lunar
orbiter, and the first circumlunar probe to return to Earth. The two
successful series of Soviet probes were the Luna (24 lunar missions) and the
Zond (5 lunar missions).

NSSDC currently holds data from the Luna 3, 9, 13, 21, and 22 and the Zond
3, 6, 7, and 8 missions.
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All this data is photographic in nature, except for the lunar libration data
from the Luna 21 Orbiter. Lunar flyby missions (Luna 3, Zond 3, 6, 7, 8)
obtained photographs of the lunar surface, particularly the limb and farside
regions. The Zond 6, 7, and 8 missions circled the Moon and returned to
Earth where they were recovered, Zond 6 and 7 in Siberia and Zond 8 in the
Indian Ocean. The purpose of the photography experiments on the lunar
landers (Luna 9, 13, 22) was to obtain closeup images of the surface of the
Moon for use in lunar studies and determination of the feasibility of manned
lunar landings.

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