Sputnik 8A91 | D-1 1

Launch information

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Mission description

First complex scientific satellite with 12 experiments and a total mass of1327 kg. It failed to reach orbit due to a launch vehicle failure.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Sputnik 8A91 | D-1 1’.

Launch image Sputnik 8A91 | D-1 1

Failure

Status: Launch Failure

Class: normal

Launch T0: April 27, 1958, 7 a.m.

Timezone: Asia/Qyzylorda

Launch authority

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

Mission

D-1 1 (LEO)

Launcher

Soviet Space Program

Rocket

Sputnik 8A91

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Pad

1/5

Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Satellites on-board

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Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Sputnik 8A91 | D-1 1’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#9

To this date

Location Launch

#3

To this date

Pad Launch

#3

To this date

Agency Launch

#3

To this date

Orbital Launch

#6

Year 1958

Location Launch

#1

Year 1958

Pad Launch

#1

Year 1958

Agency Launch

#1

Year 1958

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