Soviet Space Program Vostok-L 8K72 Luna-2a

Vostok-L 8K72

Status

Failure

Date

18 JUN 1959

08:08

Launch Provider

Soviet Space Program

Launch Pad

1/5

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

Luna E-1 number 5 was a Soviet spacecraft intended to impact the moon but was lost in a launch failure.

Rocket

Vostok-L 8K72

Mission Type

Lunar Exploration

Orbit

Lunar Impactor

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

The Vostok-L was a rocket used by the Soviet Union to conduct several early tests of the Vostok spacecraft

Height

30.84 m

Diameter

2.6 m

Launch Mass

277 T

Thrust

3,956 kN