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Vostok-L 8K72 | Luna-1

Luna-1

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 2 Jan 1959, 04:41 pm UTC

Rocket: Vostok-L 8K72 (Vostok)

Provider: Soviet Space Program

Mission

Type: Lunar Exploration

Orbit: Lunar Impactor

Pad: 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Description

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.