Soviet Space Program Vostok-L 8K72 Luna-3

Vostok-L 8K72

Status

Success

Date

4 OCT 1959

00:43

Launch Provider

Soviet Space Program

Launch Pad

1/5

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

Luna 3 was a Soviet spacecraft and was the first ever mission to photograph the far side of the moon.

Rocket

Vostok-L 8K72

Mission Type

Lunar Exploration

Orbit

Lunar flyby

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