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Luna 12 was launched towards the Moon from an earth-orbiting platform and achieved lunar orbit on
October 25, 1966. The spacecraft was equipped with a television system that obtained and transmitted
photographs of the lunar surface. The photographs contained 1100 scan lines with a maximum resolution
of 14.9--19.8 m. Pictures of the lunar surface were returned on October 27, 1966. The number of
photographs is not known. Radio transmissions from Luna 12 ceased on January 19, 1967, after 602
lunar orbits and 302 radio transmissions.
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