flown missionSuccess
Vostok-L 8K72 | Luna-1
Soviet Space Program1/5 — Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Luna-1
- Type
- Lunar Exploration
- Target orbit
- Lunar Impactor (Lunar Impactor)
Luna 1 was the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Earth's Moon. Intended to be an impactor it was launched as part of the Soviet Luna programme. Due to an incorrectly timed upper stage burn during launch it missed the Moon.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Vostok-L 8K72
- Family
- Vostok
- Variant
- L 8K72
- Provider
- Soviet Space Program
- Type
- Government
- Country
- RUS
launch site
- Pad
- 1/5
- Location
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Country
- KAZ
- Timezone
- Asia/Qyzylorda
- Coordinates
- 45.9200, 63.3420