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Luna 21

Soviet spacecraft that landed on the Moon and deployed the Lunokhod 2 lunar rover
Vehicle Space Probe Q684044

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
space probe, artificial satellite[3]
Country
Russia[2]
Follows
Luna 20[4]
Followed by
Luna 22[5]
Official website
www.laspace.ru[11]
Website
www.laspace.ru
Launch date
1973-01-08
Part of
Lunokhod programme[6]
Has part(s)
Lunokhod 2[8]
Launch vehicle
Proton-K
Significant event
rocket launch[10]
Space launch vehicle
Proton-K[7]
Start point
Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 81/23[12]
UTC date of spacecraft launch
January 8, 1973[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Luna 21 en Lunik 21 ar لونا 21 es Lunik 21 fa لونا ۲۱ he לונה 21 hu Luna–21 ja ルナ21号 nl Loena 21 pl Łuna 21 ru Луна-21 zh 月球21号
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Luna 21.jpg ↗
COSPAR ID
1973-001A
Freebase ID
/m/0pbcs
NSSDCA ID
1973-001A
SCN
06333
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Satellite", "06333"]

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
artificial satellite, space probe
Belongs to 1
Luna programme
Country 1
Russia
Followed by 1
Luna 22
Followed by (predecessor) 1
Luna 22
Follows 1
Luna 20
Has part(s) 1
Lunokhod 2
Has these parts 1
Lunokhod 2
Part of 1
Lunokhod programme
Preceded by (successor) 1
Luna 20
Significant event 1
rocket launch
Space launch vehicle 1
Proton-K
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Summary

Luna 21 is a space probe[1].

Related Entities

artificial satellite Luna 20 Luna 22 Lunokhod 2 Lunokhod programme Proton-K Russia space probe

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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