Luna 3

Summary

Luna 3 is a lunar probe^[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of lunar_probe entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (312 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Luna 3's image is recorded as Luna-3 (Memorial Museum of Astronautics).JPG^[3].
• Luna 3's image is recorded as Luna 3 moon.jpg^[4].
• Luna 3's instance of is recorded as lunar probe^[5].
• Luna 3's operator is recorded as Soviet Union^[6].
• Luna 3's follows is recorded as Luna 2^[7].
• Luna 3's followed by is recorded as Luna E-3 No.1^[8].
• Luna 3's manufacturer is recorded as S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia^[9].
• Luna 3's part of the series is recorded as Luna programme^[10].
• Luna 3's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1959-008A^[11].
• Luna 3's Commons category is recorded as Luna 3^[12].
• Luna 3's space launch vehicle is recorded as Luna 8K72^[13].
• Luna 3's SCN is recorded as 00021^[14].
• Luna 3's type of orbit is recorded as circumlunar trajectory^[15].
• Luna 3's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1959-10-04T00:00:00Z^[16].
• Luna 3's time of object orbit decay is recorded as +1960-04-29T00:00:00Z^[17].
• Luna 3's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0l2bg^[18].
• Luna 3's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[19].
• Luna 3's significant event is recorded as atmospheric entry^[20].
• Luna 3's significant event is recorded as planetary flyby^[21].
• Luna 3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.8379'}^[22].
• Luna 3's start point is recorded as Gagarin's Start^[23].
• Luna 3's start point is recorded as Baikonur Cosmodrome^[24].
• Luna 3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+55'}^[25].
• Luna 3's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+278.5'}^[26].
• Luna 3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+15'}^[27].

Why It Matters

Luna 3 ranks in the top 7% of lunar_probe entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (312 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]