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The mission
First animal payload. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1957 BET; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 3 November 1957, 02:30:42 UTC
- Launch location
- NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Sputnik 8K71PS
- Orbit
- Low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 9 November 1957
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Second Sputnik
First animal payload.
- GCAT ID
- S00003
- Manufacturer
- OKB-1 im. S.P. Korolev
- Launch mass
- 508 kg
- Dimensions
- 2 m long · 1 m diameter · 2 m span
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