Luna (rocket)

Luna 8K72

Blok E upper stage, with Luna payload
Function	Carrier rocket
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Country of origin	Soviet Union
Size
Mass	277,000 kg (611,000 lb)
Stages	3
Capacity
Payload to LEO
Mass	4,000 kilograms (8,800 lb)
Associated rockets
Family	R-7
Launch history
Status	Retired
Launch sites	Baikonur: LC-1/5
Total launches	9
Success(es)	3
Type of passengers/cargo	Luna probes
First stage (Block B, V, G, D)
Powered by	1 RD-107-8D74-1958
Maximum thrust	990.00 kN
Burn time	120 seconds
Propellant	Kerosene/LOX
Second stage (Block A)
Powered by	1 RD-108-8D75-1958
Maximum thrust	936.500 kN
Burn time	320 seconds
Propellant	RP-1/LOX
Third stage (Block E)
Powered by	1 RD-0105
Maximum thrust	49.0 kN
Burn time	316 seconds
Propellant	Kerosene/LOX
[edit on Wikidata]

The Luna 8K72 vehicles were carrier rockets used by the Soviet Union for nine space probe launch attempts in the Luna programme between 23 September 1958 and 16 April 1960.^[1] Like many other Soviet launchers of that era, the Luna 8K72 vehicles were derived from the R-7 Semyorka design, part of the R-7 (rocket family), which was also the basis for the Vostok and modern Soyuz rocket.