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Luna 1

Soviet lunar probe
Thing lunar_probe Q1159913

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
lunar probe, artificial satellite of the Sun[2]
Follows
Luna E-1 No.3[4]
Followed by
Luna E-1A No.1[5]
Part of
Luna E-1, Luna programme[7][8]
Apoapsis
+1.32[23]
Country of origin
Soviet Union[11]
Epoch
January 1, 1959[25]
Manufacturer
S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia[6]
Mass
+361[20]
Operator
S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia[3]
Orbital eccentricity
+0.14767[17]
Orbital inclination
+0.01[19]
Orbital period
+450[21]
P14541
3LX97o[26]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[10]
Periapsis
+0.98[24]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+1.146[22]
Significant event
rocket launch, flyby, loss of signal[14][15][16]
Space launch vehicle
Luna 8K72[9]
Start point
Gagarin's Start[18]
Type of orbit
heliocentric orbit[12]
UTC date of spacecraft launch
January 2, 1959[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Luna 1 en Lunik 1 en Ye-1 No. 4 en Mechta en AMS Luna 1 en Artificial Planet 1 en E-1 No. 4 en First Cosmic Ship ar لونا 1 ar لونا ١ de Lunik 1 el Λούνα 1 es 1959-012A es Luna 1 es Luna E 1 es Luna E-1 es Lunik 1 es 00112 fa لونا 1 fa لونا ۱
🔖 Identifiers · 8
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
RIAN archive 510848 Interplanetary station Luna 1.jpg ↗
COSPAR ID
1959-012A
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
402254
Freebase ID
/m/0l28s
Harvard designation
1959 Mu 1
NSSDCA ID
1959-012A
SCN
00112
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Satellite", "00112"]

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
artificial satellite of the Sun, lunar probe
Part of 2
Luna programme, Luna E-1
Significant event 2
flyby, rocket launch
Belongs to 1
Luna programme
Country of origin 1
Soviet Union
Followed by 1
Luna E-1A No.1
Followed by (predecessor) 1
Luna E-1A No.1
Follows 1
Luna E-1 No.3
Manufacturer 1
S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia
Operator 1
S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
Luna E-1 No.3
Space launch vehicle 1
Luna 8K72
Start point 1
Gagarin's Start
Type of orbit 1
heliocentric orbit
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Summary

Luna 1 is a lunar probe[1].

Related Entities

artificial satellite of the Sun Luna 8K72 Luna E-1 Luna E-1A No.1 Luna E-1 No.3 lunar probe S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia

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  1. 8w ago · Huntster · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → lunar probe, artificial satellite of the Sun
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  2. 16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → —
    P14541 → 3LX97o
    Nssdca id → —
    Instance of → lunar probe, artificial satellite of the Sun
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