![]() 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.