Lunokhod 1
Sign in to saveSoviet lunar rover; first rover to operate on the Moon
Key facts
- Mission type
- Lunar rover
- Cospar id
- 1970-095A
- Website
- Lunar and Planetary Department Moscow University Lunokhod 1 page
- Launch mass
- 5,600 kilograms (12,300 lb)
- Dry mass
- 756 kilograms (1,667 lb) (rover only)
- Power
- 180 watts
- Launch date
- November 10, 1970 ( 1970-11-10 )
- Rocket
- Proton-K / D
- Launch site
- Baikonur 81/23
- Last contact
- September 14, 1971 ( 1971-09-15 )
- Spacecraft component
- Rover
- Landing date
- November 17, 1970, 03:47:00 UTC
- Landing site
- 38°14′16″N 35°00′06″W / 38.2378°N 35.0017°W / 38.2378; -35.0017
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- solar vehicle
- Part of
- Luna 17
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Operator
- Soviet Union
- Followed by
- Lunokhod 2
- Mass
- 756
- Official website
- selena.sai.msu.ru/Home/Spacecrafts/Lunokhod1/lunokhod1e.htm
- Image
- Soviet moonrover.JPG
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- Commons category
- Lunokhod-1
- located on astronomical body
- Moon
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1970-11-10
- space launch vehicle
- Proton
- start point
- Baikonur Cosmodrome
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Encyclopedic overview
Lunokhod 1 (Russian: Луноход-1, 'Moonwalker 1'), also known as Device 8EL No. 203 (Аппарат 8ЕЛ № 203, Apparat 8EL No. 203) was the first robotic rover on the Moon and the first to freely move across the surface of an astronomical object beyond the Earth. Sent by the Soviet Union, it was part of the Lunokhod program of robotic rovers. The Luna 17 spacecraft carried Lunokhod 1 to the Moon in 1970. Lunokhod 0 (No.201), the previous and first attempt to land a rover, launched in February 1969 but failed to reach Earth orbit.
Although only designed for a lifetime of three lunar days (approximately three Earth months), Lunokhod 1 operated on the lunar surface for eleven lunar days (321 Earth days) and traversed a total distance of 10.54 km.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lunokhod 1” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.