LAUNCH CENTER
![Launch Image](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2FTLP_Launch_Placeholder_Image_tin.png&w=3840&q=75)
Failure
Tue Sep 23 1958
Soviet Space Program
Luna-1a
Launch Failure
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(7:40 AM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(7:40 AM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(7:40 AM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Vostok-L 8K72Description:
The Vostok-L was a rocket used by the Soviet Union to conduct several early tests of the Vostok spacecraft
![Vostok-L 8K72 rocket](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2FTLP_Launch_Placeholder_Image_tin.png&w=640&q=75)
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Lunar Exploration
- Luna E-1 number 1 was a Soviet spacecraft intended to impact the moon, however, was lost in a launch failure.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Pad
1/5