Korabl-Sputnik 1
Soviet test flight
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Summary
Korabl-Sputnik 1 is an artificial satellite of the Earth[1].
Key Facts
- Operator: Soviet space program[2]
- Follows: Sputnik 3[3]
- Followed by: Korabl-Sputnik 2[4]
- Manufacturer: S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia[5]
- Part of: Sputnik programme[6]
- Space launch vehicle: Vostok-L[7], Luna 8K72[8]
- Type of orbit: low Earth orbit[9]
- UTC date of spacecraft launch: May 15, 1960[10]
- Time of object orbit decay: September 5, 1962[11]
- Significant event: rocket launch[12], atmospheric entry[13]
- Orbital eccentricity: {'amount': '+0.02879'}[14]
- Start point: Gagarin's Start[15]
- Different from: Sputnik 4[16]
- Orbital inclination: 65.02 degree[17]
- Duration: 4 day[18]
- Mass: 1477 kg[19]
- Orbital period: 94.25 minutes[20]