Sputnik 8A91 | D1- 2

Launch information

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Mission description

First complex scientific satellite to reach orbit.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Sputnik 8A91 | D1- 2’.

Launch image Sputnik 8A91 | D1- 2

Success

Status: Launch Successful

Class: normal

Launch T0: May 15, 1958, 7 a.m.

Timezone: Asia/Qyzylorda

Launch authority

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

Mission

D1- 2 (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

Satellites on-board the space mission ‘Sputnik 8A91 | D1- 2’ 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
8 SPUTNIK 3 LEO 65.06 COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES Decayed

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Sputnik 8A91 | D1- 2’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#11

To this date

Location Launch

#4

To this date

Pad Launch

#4

To this date

Agency Launch

#4

To this date

Orbital Launch

#8

Year 1958

Location Launch

#2

Year 1958

Pad Launch

#2

Year 1958

Agency Launch

#2

Year 1958

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