Luna 4
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Luna 4 was a Soviet Luna program spacecraft launched in 1963 that became the first attempted soft-landing mission to the Moon, though it ultimately missed the lunar surface.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
spacecraft
ⓘ
uncrewed spacecraft ⓘ |
| carriedInstrument |
micrometeoroid detectors
ⓘ
radiation detectors ⓘ radio telemetry system ⓘ television system ⓘ |
| communicationBand | radio ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| crew | uncrewed ⓘ |
| designer | Sergei Korolev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| destination | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| epoch | Space Race NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| failureCause |
guidance system error
ⓘ
incorrect mid-course correction ⓘ |
| flybyDistance | approximately 8,500 kilometers from lunar surface ⓘ |
| followedBy | Luna 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | early attempt at robotic lunar landing ⓘ |
| intendedMission | soft landing on the Moon ⓘ |
| languageOfDocumentation | Russian ⓘ |
| launchCountry | Kazakh SSR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1963-04-02 ⓘ |
| launchOutcome | success ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Baikonur Cosmodrome
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1/5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Molniya-M rocket NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturer | OKB-1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionDuration | several days ⓘ |
| missionOutcome |
missed Moon
ⓘ
partial failure ⓘ |
| missionType |
lunar lander
ⓘ
planetary science mission ⓘ |
| notableFor | first attempted soft landing mission to the Moon ⓘ |
| operator | Soviet space program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Soviet lunar exploration program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerSource |
chemical batteries
ⓘ
solar panels ⓘ |
| precededBy | Luna 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| program | Luna program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resultedIn | heliocentric orbit after missing Moon ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | Soviet Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus | Ye-6 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftMass | approximately 1,422 kilograms ⓘ |
| status | mission completed ⓘ |
| targetBody | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trajectoryType | lunar transfer trajectory ⓘ |
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