LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Fri Oct 04 1957
Soviet Space Program
Sputnik 1
Launch Successful
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(7:28 PM UTC)
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(7:28 PM UTC)
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
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Rocket Details
Name:
Sputnik 8K74PSDescription:
An early Russian rocket designed by Sergei Korolev in the Soviet Union
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Test Flight
- First artificial satellite consisting of a 58 cm pressurized aluminium shell containing two 1 W transmitters for a total mass of 83.6 kg.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Pad
1/5