Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
First lunar impact. This reconstructed record groups 2 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 1959 XI; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 12 September 1959, 06:39:42 UTC
- Launch location
- NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Vostok-L 8K72
- Orbit
- Earth-escape trajectory
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 13 September 1959
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Second Space Rocket
First lunar impact.
- GCAT ID
- S00114
- Manufacturer
- OKB-1 im. S.P. Korolev
- Launch mass
- 205 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.8 m long · 0.8 m diameter · 2 m span
8K72E No. I1-7
GCAT program: Luna KR.
- GCAT ID
- A00033
- Manufacturer
- OKB-1 im. S.P. Korolev
- Launch mass
- 1,511 kg
- Dimensions
- 5 m long · 2.7 m diameter · 5 m span
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Gallery
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