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
Fri, 02 Jan 1959 16:41:21 GMT
Orbital launch #
#32 ever
Mission
Luna 1 was the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Earth's Moon. Intended to be an impactor it was launched as part of the Soviet Luna programme. Due to an incorrectly timed upper stage burn during launch it missed the Moon.