Editing Luna programme (section)

=== Orbiters ===
[[File:Luna 10 Musee du Bourget P1010504.JPG|thumb|Luna 10 orbiter model ]]
Orbiter spacecraft require less thrust and propellant than landers, but still require enough to achieve [[lunar orbit insertion]]. [[Luna 10]] (March 1966) became the first artificial satellite of the Moon.<ref name=siddiqi2/> Luna program orbiters had the generic designations of '''Ye-6LF''', '''Ye-6LS''', '''Ye-6S''' or '''Ye-8LS''' ('''E-6''', '''E-6LS''', '''E-6S''' or '''E-8LS''' depending on transliteration from Russian).<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Luna Ye-6LF |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/luna_e6lf.htm |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=Gunter's Space Page |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Luna Ye-6LS |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/luna_e6ls.htm |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=Gunter's Space Page |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Luna Ye-6S |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/luna_e6s.htm |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=Gunter's Space Page |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Luna Ye-8LS (Luna 19, 22) |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/luna_e8ls.htm |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=Gunter's Space Page |language=en}}</ref> Luna flew six successful orbiters out of eight attempts from March 1966 to May 1974.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" />