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Luna 1

Rocket launch

by Russia

Launch time2 Jan 195916:41 UTC

partial failure

Serial number: B1-6

Guidance system malfunction.

First man-made object to reach the escape velocity of the Earth.

Rocket Luna

launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Pad 1/5Kazakhstan

Payloads

NamePurposeMassComment
Luna 1---