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Route of Luna 1 on a Soviet stamp. Luna 1 was launched at 16:41 GMT (22:41 local time) on 2 January 1959 from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome by a Luna 8K72 rocket. [1] The first three stages operated nominally. The Soviet engineers did not trust automated systems for controlling the engine burns, so they communicated to the rocket via radio.
E-1 No.3: Impactor: 4 December 1958: Luna: Launch failure: Failed to orbit Luna 1: E-1 No.4: Impactor: 2 January 1959: Luna: Launch failure: Also known as Mechta; placed onto incorrect trajectory, flew past the Moon without impacting; first spacecraft to escape geocentric orbit: N/A: E-1A No.1: Impactor: 18 June 1959: Luna: Launch failure ...
Date and time Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP; Payload Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome Remarks 2 January 16:41:21 Luna 8K72 Baikonur Site 1/5: MVS: Mechta (Luna 1/E1-4) MVS Intended: HEO to Lunar impact Achieved: Heliocentric: Lunar impactor: In orbit: Launch failure
Launch date: November 10, 1970 () Rocket: Proton-K /D ... Lunokhod 1 was a lunar vehicle formed of a tub-like compartment with a large convex lid on eight ...
Luna E-1 No.3: Luna E-1 No.3: 4 December 1958: Luna: OKB-1: Impactor: Launch failure Failed to orbit; seal failure in hydrogen peroxide pump cooling system resulted in core-stage underperformance. [4] [6] 7: Pioneer 3: Pioneer 3: 6 December 1958: Juno II: NASA: Flyby: Launch failure Failed to orbit; premature first-stage cutoff. [4]
The launch is scheduled to take place at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. ... Space: Uncrewed lunar missions and 1st private space station among 2025 space launches.
Luna 1 was the fourth launch attempt and the first partial success of the program. [12] It launched on 2 January 1959 and missed the Moon by 5,965 kilometres (3,706 mi). [13] One mission separated Luna 1 and Luna 2, a launch failure that occurred with an unnamed probe on 18 June 1959. [14]
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