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Luna 1, also known as Mechta, E-1 No.4 and First Lunar Rover, was the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of Earth's Moon, the first spacecraft to leave Earth's orbit, and the first to be placed in heliocentric orbit. Luna 1 was launched as part of the Soviet Luna programme in 1959.
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 8, 1965 at 07:40 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Molniya 8K78 →
- Operator
- Soviet Space Program
- Mission
- Luna-6
- Launch record
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Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Heliocentric
- Reference body
- Heliocentric
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Russia (CIS / former USSR)
- Launch mass
- 1,442 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1965-044A
- NORAD catalog №
- 1393
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Status
- active