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245:. As the Pogo oscillation issue on Luna E-1 No.1 could not be adequately resolved due to the rushed launch schedules, a couple of stopgap measures were tried including disabling the propellant utilization system at T+85 seconds and throttling the engines down to reduce structural loads on the stack. The booster flew until T+104 seconds when it exploded once again from vibration rupturing the propellant lines.
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The Soviet Space
Program - The Lunar Mission Years: 1959 to 1976
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297:"Tentatively Identified Missions and Launch Failures"
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Luna E-1 No.2 was launched on 12 October 1958 atop a
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28:A replica of an E-1 spacecraft
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70:Spacecraft properties
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265:McDowell, Jonathan.
49:Soviet space program
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243:Baikonur Cosmodrome
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267:"Launch Log"
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911:Explorer 5
884:Explorer 4
839:Explorer 3
834:Vanguard 1
828:Explorer 2
815:Explorer 1
670:Kosmos 305
665:Kosmos 300
590:Kosmos 111
354:25 January
320:"Luna E-1"
249:References
194:Luna 1958B
174:Luna 1958C
167:Luna 1958A
113:1958-10-11
1002:underline
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972:Pioneer 2
952:Pioneer 1
897:Pioneer 0
858:Sputnik 3
527:Kosmos 60
420:Impactors
224:Pioneer 1
965:Beacon 1
271:Archived
239:Site 1/5
202:Luna E-1
196:, was a
142:Baikonur
46:Operator
17:E-1 No.2
1006:italics
932:Pilot-6
925:Pilot-5
918:Pilot-4
904:Pilot-3
890:Pilot-2
878:Pilot-1
744:Luna 21
737:Luna 17
714:Luna 24
702:Luna 23
695:Luna 20
688:Luna 18
681:Luna 16
659:Luna 15
636:Luna 22
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622:Luna 14
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326:26 July
303:30 July
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241:at the
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552:Luna 7
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538:Luna 5
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493:Lander
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213:sodium
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231:Luna
206:Moon
190:NASA
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