Luna 10

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Luna 10 was a Soviet spacecraft that became the first artificial satellite to orbit the Moon, marking a major milestone in early lunar exploration.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet spacecraft
lunar orbiter
spacecraft
uncrewed spacecraft
achievement first artificial satellite to orbit the Moon
belongsToEra early lunar exploration
category 1966 in spaceflight
Soviet lunar missions
communicationBand radio
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
destination lunar orbit
enteredOrbitAround Moon
epoch Space Race
explorationTarget Moon
firstArtificialSatelliteOf Moon
followedBy Luna 11
historicalSignificance first human-made object to orbit a celestial body beyond Earth
isPartOf Luna programme
surface form: Soviet lunar exploration program
launchCountry Soviet Union
launchDate 1966-03-31
launchSite Baikonur Cosmodrome
launchVehicle Molniya-M rocket
launchYear 1966
missionObjective enter lunar orbit
investigate lunar gravitational field
study lunar radiation environment
study micrometeoroid environment near the Moon
study the Moon from orbit
test communications in lunar orbit
missionStatus successful
missionType lunar orbiter mission
nationality Soviet
notableFor marking a major milestone in early lunar exploration
operator Soviet space program
orbitType lunar orbit
powerSource solar panels
precededBy Luna 9
program Luna programme
surface form: Luna program
propulsionType chemical propulsion
spaceAgency Soviet Academy of Sciences
spacecraftBus Ye-6S
spacecraftConfiguration uncrewed lunar orbiter
spacecraftType orbiter
usedFor scientific research
space technology demonstration

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