
Failed · Launch or early mission failure
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The mission
Lunar lander. This reconstructed record groups 2 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 1963-F01; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 3 February 1963, 09:29:14 UTC
- Launch location
- NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Molniya 8K78
- Orbit
- Suborbital trajectory
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Failed
Mission failure · 3 February 1963
Launch or early mission failure
GCAT records the primary mission element as ended after a launch or early mission failure.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Luna-4
Lunar lander.
- GCAT ID
- F00220
- Manufacturer
- OKB-1 im. S.P. Korolev
- Launch mass
- 1,288 kg
- Propulsion
- KTDU-5A
- Dimensions
- 2.6 m long · 1.5 m diameter · 2.6 m span
ALS
GCAT program: E-6SA.
- GCAT ID
- F00221
- Manufacturer
- OKB-1 im. S.P. Korolev
- Launch mass
- 82 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.7 m long · 0.8 m diameter · 0.7 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Luna-4.
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