Sputnik 8K74PS | Sputnik 2

Launch information

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Mission description

Second artificial satellite and first to carry an animal into orbit.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Sputnik 8K74PS | Sputnik 2’.

Launch image Sputnik 8K74PS | Sputnik 2

Success

Status: Launch Successful

Class: normal

Launch T0: Nov. 3, 1957, 2:30 a.m.

Timezone: Asia/Qyzylorda

Launch authority

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

Mission

Sputnik 2 (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 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
3 SPUTNIK 2 LEO 65.33 COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES Decayed

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Sputnik 8K74PS | Sputnik 2’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#2

To this date

Location Launch

#2

To this date

Pad Launch

#2

To this date

Agency Launch

#2

To this date

Orbital Launch

#2

Year 1957

Location Launch

#2

Year 1957

Pad Launch

#2

Year 1957

Agency Launch

#2

Year 1957

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