Vostok 8K72 | Korabl'-Sputnik-1

Launch information

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Mission description

Korabl-Sputnik was the first test flight of the Vostok programme and the first Vostok spacecraft.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Vostok 8K72 | Korabl'-Sputnik-1’.

Launch image Vostok 8K72 | Korabl'-Sputnik-1

Success

Status: Launch Successful

Class: normal

Launch T0: May 15, 1960, midnight

Timezone: Asia/Qyzylorda

Launch authority

Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.

Mission

Korabl'-Sputnik-1 (LEO)

Launcher

Soviet Space Program

Rocket

Vostok 8K72

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Pad

1/5

Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Satellites on-board

Satellites on-board the space mission ‘Vostok 8K72 | Korabl'-Sputnik-1’ are identified by cross checking database entries for launches and satellites. Results could be inaccurate from time to time.

Number Name Orbit Inclination Country/Organization Status
34 SPUTNIK 4 LEO 64.96 COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES Decayed
36 SPUTNIK 4 CABIN LEO 64.96 COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES Decayed

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Vostok 8K72 | Korabl'-Sputnik-1’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#66

To this date

Location Launch

#14

To this date

Pad Launch

#14

To this date

Agency Launch

#14

To this date

Orbital Launch

#12

Year 1960

Location Launch

#3

Year 1960

Pad Launch

#3

Year 1960

Agency Launch

#3

Year 1960

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