Luna10
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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LUNA10
A MISSION ABOUT SPACE N' STUFF
Who?
The Manufacturer of Luna10 or Lunik10 was GSMZ Lavochkin.The company develops and manufactures spacecraft such as the Fregat rocket upper stages, satellites and interplanetary probes.
What?
Luna 10 conducted extensive research in lunar orbit, gathering important data on the strength of the Moon’s magnetic field, its radiation belts, and the nature of lunar rocks (which were found to be comparable to terrestrial basalt rocks), cosmic radiation, and micrometeoroid density. Perhaps its most important finding was the first evidence of mass concentrations (called “mascons”)—areas of high density below the mare basins that distort lunar orbital trajectories.
When?
Launch date: March 31, 1966, 10:48:00 UTC
Last contact:May 30, 1966
Where?
Luna 10 orbited the moon 460 before it stopped transmitting.
Why?
The soviet space program wanted to know as much as they could about the moon before sending anything there.
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