Luna rocket
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The Luna rocket was an early Soviet launch vehicle developed to send unmanned spacecraft to the Moon during the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Luna launch vehicle | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet launch vehicle
ⓘ
expendable launch vehicle ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Luna 8K72 launch vehicle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | R-7 Semyorka ICBM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category | early space age launch vehicle ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| designer | Sergei Korolev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedFor | unmanned lunar missions ⓘ |
| era |
early 1960s
ⓘ
late 1950s ⓘ |
| family | R-7 rocket family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstStageEngineType | RD-107 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| guidanceType | inertial guidance ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Luna 8K72
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Luna 8K72K NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | enabled first successful Soviet lunar probe missions ⓘ |
| launchConfiguration | core stage with four strap-on boosters and upper stage ⓘ |
| launchEnvironment | low Earth parking orbit then translunar injection ⓘ |
| launchesUncrewed | true ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Baikonur Cosmodrome
NERFINISHED
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Site 1/5 Baikonur Cosmodrome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturer | OKB-1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
launched Luna 1, first spacecraft to escape Earth’s gravity
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launched Luna 2, first spacecraft to impact the Moon ⓘ launched Luna 3, first photographs of the Moon’s far side ⓘ |
| operationalPeriodEnd | 1960s ⓘ |
| operationalPeriodStart | 1958 ⓘ |
| partOf | Soviet Luna program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| program | early Soviet lunar exploration program ⓘ |
| propellantType | liquid fuel ⓘ |
| propulsion | liquid oxygen and kerosene ⓘ |
| secondStageEngineType | RD-108 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stageCount | 3 ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| successor |
Molniya rocket
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vostok rocket NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| technologyLineage | derivative of R-7 ICBM design ⓘ |
| thirdStageEngineType | Blok E NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| upperStageName | Blok E upper stage ⓘ |
| usedByAgency | Soviet space program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedDuring | Space Race NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
interplanetary probe launches
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lunar probe launches ⓘ planetary exploration missions ⓘ |
| usedInMission |
Luna 1
NERFINISHED
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Luna 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Luna 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Vostok-L
this entity surface form:
Luna launch vehicle