Luna 10, the first spacecraft to enter lunar orbit and a Soviet lunar science probe that discovered mass concentrations (mascons). Molniya-M from Baikonur LC-31/6 launched it on 31 March 1966; contact continued until 30 May.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LO
- Lunar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.2 T
- Flight
- 4th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 31 March 1966, 10:46 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Lunar Exploration
- International designator
- 1966-027
- Launches in 1966
- 31st of 131
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