Sputnik 8K74PS | Sputnik 1

Launch information

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Mission description

First artificial satellite consisting of a 58 cm pressurized aluminium shell containing two 1 W transmitters for a total mass of 83.6 kg.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Sputnik 8K74PS | Sputnik 1’.

Launch image Sputnik 8K74PS | Sputnik 1

Success

Status: Launch Successful

Class: normal

Launch T0: Oct. 4, 1957, 7:28 p.m.

Timezone: Asia/Qyzylorda

Launch authority

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

Mission

Sputnik 1 (LEO)

Launcher

Soviet Space Program

Rocket

Sputnik 8K74PS

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 ‘Sputnik 8K74PS | 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
2 SPUTNIK 1 LEO 65.0 COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES Decayed

Launch statistics

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