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E-3 No. 1
E-3 No. 1 is catalogued by GCAT as a deep-space mission in the Luna program.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
E-3 No. 1 is catalogued by GCAT as a deep-space mission in the Luna program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1960-U01; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 15 April 1960, 15:06:45 UTC
- Launch location
- NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Vostok-L 8K72
- Orbit
- Trans-atmospheric orbit
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 16 April 1960
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
E-3 No. 1
GCAT program: Luna.
- GCAT ID
- A00045
- Manufacturer
- OKB-1 im. S.P. Korolev
- Launch mass
- 280 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.3 m long · 1.2 m diameter · 1.5 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from E-3 No. 1.
Verification
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