Launch to space Vostok-L 8K72 | Luna-3

SUCCESS

Vostok-L 8K72 | Luna-3

Satellites

1

Orbit

Lunar flyby

Company: Soviet Space Program

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Oct. 4, 1959, 12:43 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Vostok-L 8K72

Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Type: Lunar Exploration

Target: Lunar flyby