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Launch Information:
Launch Date/Time: 1959-09-12 at 22:02:24 UTC
Launch Site/Country: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome),
                                         U.S.S.R.
Launch Vehicle: Modified SS-6 (Sapwood) with 2nd Generation
                               (Longer) Upper Stage
On-orbit dry mass: 390.20 kg 

Orbital Information:
Orbit: Lander
Central Body: Moon
Epoch start date/time: 1959.256:22:02:24 (13 Sep.)
Latitude: 29.10 degrees 
Longitude: 0.00 degrees 

Discipline(s)
Planetary Science
Space Physics 

Sponsoring Agencies/Countries
Unknown/U.S.S.R.
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