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Within Vinony's link graph, Luna 4 is referenced by 298 other articles, and connects out to Environmental Research Satellite, European Space Agency and Luna programme.
It sits within the topics 1963 in the Soviet Union, Luna programme and Source attribution.
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Mission type
- Lunar lander
- Operator
- Soviet space program
- Cospar id
- 1963-008B
- Mission duration
- 13 days (launch to last contact)
- Spacecraft
- Ye-6 No.4
- Manufacturer
- OKB-1
- Launch mass
- 1,422 kilograms (3,135 lb)
- Launch date
- April 2, 1963, 08:04:00 ( 1963-04-02UTC08:04Z ) UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-L 8K78/E6
- Launch site
- Baikonur 1/5
- Last contact
- April 15, 1963
- Periapsis altitude
- 690,000 km (430,000 mi)
- Apoapsis altitude
- 89,250 km (55,460 mi)
- Epoch
- April 2, 1963
- Closest approach
- April 5, 1963, 13:25 UT
- Distance
- 8,400 kilometres (5,200 mi)
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 1422
- Image
- Luna 9 Musee du Bourget P1010505.JPG
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- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1963-04-02
- Commons category
- Luna 4
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Encyclopedic overview
Luna 4, or E-6 No.4 (Ye-6 series), sometimes known in the West as Lunik 4, was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1963 as part of the Luna program to attempt the first soft landing on the Moon. Following a successful launch, the spacecraft failed to perform a course correction and as a result it missed the Moon, remaining instead in Earth orbit before possibly transitioning into a solar orbit. Though the mission was unsuccessful, it nevertheless marked a new epoch in the Space Race, which culminated in the successful landing of Luna 9 in 1966.
Background
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Luna 4” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.