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First Space Rocket | Apex Andromeda

USSRSoviet space program↗

Soviet UnionDeep-space mission

Moon

First Space Rocket

First artificial planet.

Mission imagery

The mission

First artificial planet. This reconstructed record groups 2 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 1959 MU; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.

Launch profile

The launch

Launch: 2 January 1959, 16:41:21 UTC
Launch location: NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
Launch vehicle: Vostok-L 8K72
Orbit: Earth-escape trajectory

Trajectory

Mission timeline

Interactive playback

Follow the mission through its available trajectory data in the full 3D solar-system map.

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Mission outcome

Mission ended — Completed or retired

Operations concluded · 5 January 1959

Historical mission record

GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.

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Hardware

Spacecraft