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
Tue, 23 Sep 1958 07:40:23 GMT
Orbital launch #
#23 ever
Mission
Luna E-1 number 1 was a Soviet spacecraft intended to impact the moon, however, was lost in a launch failure.