LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Sun Nov 03 1957
Soviet Space Program
Sputnik 2
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(2:30 AM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(2:30 AM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(2:30 AM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
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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
- Second artificial satellite and first to carry an animal into orbit.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Pad
1/5