Luna 8K72

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Luna 8K72 was an early Soviet launch vehicle derived from the R-7 rocket family and used to send some of the first Luna spacecraft toward the Moon.

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Luna 8K72 canonical 1
Luna 8K72 booster 1
Luna 8K72 rocket 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf expendable launch system
launch vehicle
alsoKnownAs Luna 8K72
surface form: Luna 8K72 booster
coreStageEngineType RD-107
surface form: RD-108
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
derivedFrom R-7 Semyorka rocket
surface form: R-7 Semyorka

R-7 Semyorka rocket
surface form: R-7 rocket family
designer Sergei Korolev
era early Space Age
family R-7 Semyorka rocket
surface form: R-7 family
firstStageEngineType RD-107
fuel kerosene
launchConfiguration strap-on boosters plus core stage plus upper stage
launches multiple early Luna spacecraft
launchSite Baikonur Cosmodrome
manufacturer OKB-1
missionType uncrewed
notablePayload Luna 1
Luna 2
Luna 3
operator Soviet space program
oxidizer liquid oxygen
program Luna programme
surface form: Luna program
propellantType liquid propellant
stageCount 3
status retired
successor Molniya 8K78
target Moon
upperStageDesignation Blok E
usedBy Soviet Union
usedFor Luna programme
surface form: Luna program

lunar probe launches
sending spacecraft toward the Moon

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Luna program launch vehicles includesVariant Luna 8K72
this entity surface form: Luna 8K72K
Luna 3 launchVehicle Luna 8K72
this entity surface form: Luna 8K72 rocket
Luna 8K72 alsoKnownAs Luna 8K72
this entity surface form: Luna 8K72 booster