Luna program launch vehicles

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family of launch vehicles

Luna program launch vehicles were the Soviet rockets, primarily based on the R-7 family, developed under Sergei Korolev to send the first robotic spacecraft to the Moon during the early space race.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Luna launch vehicle	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	family of launch vehicles ⓘ
achievedFirst	first images of the far side of the Moon ⓘ first impact on the Moon ⓘ first lunar orbiter ⓘ first robotic lunar sample return ⓘ first soft landing on the Moon ⓘ first spacecraft to reach escape velocity from Earth ⓘ
associatedWith	Soviet Academy of Sciences ⓘ
basedOn	R-7 Semyorka rocket ⓘ surface form: R-7 rocket family
countryOfOrigin	Soviet Union ⓘ
developedFor	Luna programme ⓘ surface form: Luna program Luna programme ⓘ surface form: Soviet lunar exploration program
era	1960s ⓘ early 1970s ⓘ late 1950s ⓘ
firstSuccessfulUseForLunarMission	Luna 1 launch in 1959 ⓘ
historicalSignificance	enabled first successful Soviet missions to the Moon ⓘ
includesVariant	Luna 8K72 ⓘ Luna 8K72 ⓘ surface form: Luna 8K72K Molniya 8K78 ⓘ Molniya-M rocket ⓘ surface form: Molniya-M 8K78M Proton rocket ⓘ surface form: Proton-K Proton rocket ⓘ surface form: Proton-K/D
launchSitesUsed	Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ surface form: Site 1/5 Baikonur Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ surface form: Site 31/6 Baikonur Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ surface form: Site 81 Baikonur
notableMission	Luna 1 ⓘ Luna 10 ⓘ Luna 16 ⓘ Luna 17 ⓘ Luna 2 ⓘ Luna 20 ⓘ Luna 24 ⓘ Luna 3 ⓘ Luna 9 ⓘ
operator	OKB-1 ⓘ Soviet space program ⓘ
partOf	Soviet lunar exploration efforts ⓘ
primaryDesigner	Sergei Korolev ⓘ
propulsionType	liquid-fueled launch vehicles ⓘ
technologyLineage	derived from R-7 ICBM ⓘ
usedDuring	early space race ⓘ
usedFor	robotic spacecraft to the Moon ⓘ uncrewed lunar missions ⓘ
usedWithSpacecraftSeries	Luna spacecraft ⓘ Luna 2 ⓘ surface form: Ye-1 series lunar probes Ye-6 series lunar landers ⓘ Ye-8 series rovers and sample return craft ⓘ

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OKB-1 → developed → Luna program launch vehicles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Luna launch vehicle

Sergei Korolev → notableWork → Luna program launch vehicles ⓘ