LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Thu May 15 1958
Soviet Space Program
D1- 2
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
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Rocket Details
Name:
Sputnik 8A91Description:
An early Russian rocket designed by Sergei Korolev in the Soviet Union
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Earth Science
- First complex scientific satellite to reach orbit.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Pad
1/5