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Russian "Luna-25" will be launched in August

00:15 06.06.2023 Science

The launch of the Luna-25 automatic interplanetary station from the Vostochny cosmodrome was scheduled for August 11. This is stated on the website of the tour operator RocketTrip, TASS reports.

“August 11 is the launch date,” it says on the website in the section about the tour to the Vostochny cosmodrome for the launch of the Luna-25 spacecraft.

Roskosmos recalled that earlier it was reported about plans to launch the Luna-25 station in August. In February, the state corporation reported that the launch of the device, taking into account the astronomical "window", is scheduled for July 13. "Luna-25" will be the first domestic device in modern Russia, which will go to the Earth's natural satellite.

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In May, it became known that the Luna-27 station will land on the surface of the Earth's natural satellite south of the Luna-25 spacecraft, which will descend near the parallel of 70 degrees south latitude.

In March, the Lavochkin Research and Production Association (NPO) reported that the Luna-25 station would be delivered to the Vostochny cosmodrome in the first ten days of June.

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