Luna 1

Soviet spacecraft

Luna 1, also known as Mechta (Russian: Мечта lit.: Dream), E-1 No.4 and First Lunar Rover, was the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of Earth's Moon, the first spacecraft to leave Earth's orbit, and the first to be placed in heliocentric orbit. Intended as a Moon impactor, Luna 1 was launched as part of the Soviet Luna programme in 1959.

Mission type	Lunar impactor +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Operator	Soviet Union +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Harvard designation	1959 Mu 1 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
COSPAR ID	1959-012A +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
SATCAT no.	112 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Mission duration	Approximately 62 hours +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Orbits completed	43 of sun (as of 2012) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

SPACECRAFT PROPERTIES

Manufacturer	OKB-1 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Launch mass	361 kilograms (796 lb) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

EXPEDITION

CREW

START OF MISSION

Launch date	2 January 1959 16:41:21 (1959-01-02UTC16:41:21Z) UTC +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Rocket	Luna 8K72 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Launch site	Baikonur 1/5 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

END OF MISSION

Last contact

5 January 1959

ORBITAL PARAMETERS

Reference system	Heliocentric +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Semi-major axis	1.146 AU +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Eccentricity	0.14767 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Inclination	0.01 degrees +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Period	450 days +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Epoch	1 January 1959, 19:00:00 UTC +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

PAYLOAD

MAIN TELESCOPE

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