Editing Luna 5 (section)

==Launch==
''Luna 5'' was launched by a [[Molniya-M]] carrier rocket, flying from [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1|Site 1/5]] at the [[Baikonur Cosmodrome]]. Liftoff occurred at 07:49:37 UTC on 9 May 1965. The spacecraft and [[Blok L]] upper stage entered a [[low Earth orbit|low Earth]] [[parking orbit]], before the Blok L fired to propel ''Luna 5'' towards the Moon.

''Luna 5'' became the first Soviet probe to be successfully launched towards the Moon in two years. Between it and the previous mission to be launched successfully, ''[[Luna 4]]'', there were three launch failures: [[Luna E-6 No.6|''E-6 No.6'']] and [[Luna E-6 No.5|''No.5'']] in 1964 and ''[[Kosmos 60]]'' in 1965.