 Luna 17 imaged by the LRO in 2010 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mission type | Planetary Science | ||||||||||||||||
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| Operator | Soviet space program | ||||||||||||||||
| COSPAR ID | 1970-095A | ||||||||||||||||
| SATCAT no. | 04691 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mission duration | 308 days | ||||||||||||||||
| Spacecraft properties | |||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturer | GSMZ Lavochkin | ||||||||||||||||
| Launch mass | 5,700 kg (12,600 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Start of mission | |||||||||||||||||
| Launch date | 14:44:01, 10 November 1970 (UTC)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Rocket | Proton 8K82K with Blok D upper stage | ||||||||||||||||
| Launch site | Baikonur Cosmodrome | ||||||||||||||||
| End of mission | |||||||||||||||||
| Last contact | 13:05, 14 September 1971 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||
| Moon orbiter | |||||||||||||||||
| Orbital insertion | 15 November 1970 | ||||||||||||||||
| Moon lander | |||||||||||||||||
| Landing date | 03:46:50, 17 November 1970 | ||||||||||||||||
| Landing site | 38°17′N 35°00′W / 38.28°N 35.0°W [2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Moon rover | |||||||||||||||||
| Spacecraft component | Lunokhod 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Landing date | 06:28, 17 November 1970 | ||||||||||||||||
| Distance driven | 10.54 km (6.55 mi) | ||||||||||||||||
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Luna 17 (Ye-8 series) was an uncrewed space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 17. It deployed the first robotic rover onto the surface of the Moon.
- ^ a b Siddiqi, Asif (2018). Beyond Earth: A Chronicle of Deep Space Exploration, 1958–2016 (PDF) (second ed.). NASA History Program Office. ISBN 9781626830431.
- ^ "NASA NSSDC Master Catalog - Luna 17/Lunokhod 1". Retrieved 2010-12-25.