Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Soviet Space Program
Provider type
Government
Orbit
Lunar Impactor
Mission type
Lunar Exploration
Launch site
Kazakhstan
Date
Thu, 04 Dec 1958 18:18:45 GMT
Orbital launch #
#29 ever
Mission
Luna E-1 number 3 was a Soviet spacecraft intended to impact the moon but was lost in a launch failure.