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Luna E-3 No.1

lunar spacecraft which was destroyed in a launch accident
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Summary

Luna E-3 No.1 is a lunar probe[1].

Key Facts

  • Country: Soviet Union[2]
  • Instance of: demolished or destroyed[3]
  • Operator: Academy of Sciences of the USSR[4]
  • Follows: Luna 3[5]
  • Followed by: Luna E-3 No.2[6]
  • Manufacturer: S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia[7]
  • Part of the series: Luna programme[8]
  • Space launch vehicle: Luna 8K72[9]
  • UTC date of spacecraft launch: April 15, 1960[10]
  • Cause of destruction: launch failure[11]
  • Significant event: rocket launch[12]
  • Start point: Gagarin's Start[13]
  • Mass: 279 kg[14]

Related Entities

Luna 3 Luna 8K72 Luna E-3 No.2 lunar probe S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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