flown missionSuccess
Vostok-L 8K72 | Luna-2
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-2
- Type
- Lunar Exploration
- Target orbit
- Lunar Impactor (Lunar Impactor)
Luna 2 successfully impacted the Moon's surface making it the first spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon and the first human-made object to make contact with another celestial body.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
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- Last updated
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