Luna-Glob is the name of a Moon

Moon

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-exploration program by the Russian Federal Space Agency

Russian Federal Space Agency

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 (Roscosmos) based on plans dating back to 1997. Due to financial problems, however, the project was put on hold only to be revived a few years later. Initially scheduled for launch in 2012, the mission has been brought forward twice, first to 2010 and then to 2009. Now it is planned to be launched in 2014.

Luna-Glob is the first of four missions planned before the creation of a fully robotic lunar base scheduled for after 2015.

Luna-Glob 1

Luna-Glob 1 is an unmanned mission to the Moon

Moon

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 planned by Russia

Russia

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 including an orbiter with ground penetrating sensors. Four Japanese-built penetrators inherited from the Lunar-A

LUNAR-A

LUNAR-A is a cancelled Japanese spacecraft project that was originally scheduled to be launched in August 2004. After many delays LUNAR-A is a cancelled Japanese spacecraft project that was originally scheduled to be launched in August 2004. After many delays LUNAR-A is a cancelled Japanese...

 will be used, each weighing 45 kg (100 lb), including 14 kg (31 lb) for the penetrator proper.

Luna-Glob is slated to be launched after 2015 by a Soyuz 2 rocket

Soyuz 2 rocket

Soyuz-2, GRAU index 14A14, is the collective designation for the new version of the Russian Soyuz rocket. In its basic form, it is a three-stage carrier rocket for placing payloads into low Earth orbit. The first stage boosters and two core stages feature uprated engines with improved injection...

  Furthermore, seismic

Seismology

Seismology is the scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth or through other planet-like bodies. The field also includes studies of earthquake effects, such as tsunamis as well as diverse seismic sources such as volcanic, tectonic, oceanic,...

 experiments are planned, including the use of 4 penetrators, which will slam into the lunar surface equipped to detect seismic signals. These experiments are expected to help clarify the origin of Earth

Earth

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's moon whereas two of the penetrators are planned to land near the Apollo 11

Apollo 11

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 and Apollo 12

Apollo 12

Apollo 12 was the sixth manned flight in the American Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon . It was launched on November 14, 1969 from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, four months after Apollo 11. Mission commander Charles "Pete" Conrad and Lunar Module Pilot Alan L...

 landing sites, taking advantage of seismic data gathered there from 1969 to 1974.

The payload of the orbiter will total 120 kg and include astrophysics experiments, dust monitors, plasma sensors, including the LORD

Lord

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 astronomy payload, designed to study ultra-high-energy cosmic rays.

Luna-Glob 2 / Luna-Resurs

The Luna-Glob 2 ( also called Luna-Resurs ) joint orbiter-rover mission (the orbiter will be the Indian Chandrayaan-2

Chandrayaan-2

Chandrayaan-2 , is a joint lunar exploration mission proposed by the Indian Space Research Organisation and the Russian Federal Space Agency and has a projected cost of...

) is planned for 2014 and will feature a 58 kg Russian Polar Moon Rover and lander, as part of the International Lunar Network

International Lunar Network

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. This mission will land in Moon's south pole, examine a crater and operate for up to one year. The six wheeled, solar powered rover will land near one of the poles and will survive for a year, roving up to 150 km at a speed of 360 m/h.

Luna-Grunt

The next two missions, to be called Luna-Grunt, will launch in 2014, featuring an orbiter and a lander. The lander carries a large 400 kg rover capable of in-situ soil analysis.
Later, in 2015, a second lander with a 400 kg ascent stage will return up to 1 kg of surface and rock samples.

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A robotic lunar base that follows Glob and Grunt would be a "Robotic proving ground", consist of several components:

• solar power station,
• telecommunication station
• technological station
• scientific station
• long-range research rover
• landing and launch area
• orbiting satellite

This project is planned for 2020, with an expected completion date of 2037.