Q: What was the SL-1 rocket body used for?

A: The SL-1 rocket body served as the upper stage for launching Sputnik-3, the Soviet Union's third artificial satellite, into orbit on May 15, 1958.

Q: How long did the SL-1 rocket body remain in orbit?

A: It decayed and re-entered Earth's atmosphere on December 3, 1958, approximately 6 months after launch.

Q: Is the SL-1 rocket body still in space?

A: No, it disintegrated during atmospheric re-entry in 1958 and is no longer in orbit.

SL-1 rocket body

defunct Soviet upper stage which orbited the Sputnik-3 satellite

Vehicle Space Tug Q110576801

Facts

8 properties

Instance of: space tug, space debris, former entity^[2]^[3]
Launch date: 1958-05-15
Country of origin: Soviet Union^[5]
Launch vehicle: Sputnik 8A91
Significant event: rocket launch (1958), atmospheric entry (1958)^[7]^[8]
Space launch vehicle: Sputnik 8A91^[4]
Start point: Gagarin's Start^[9]
UTC date of spacecraft launch: May 15, 1958^[6]

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🔖 Identifiers · 3

COSPAR ID: 1958-004A
SCN: 00007
Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Satellite", "00007"]

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Instance of 3

space debris, space tug, former entity

Significant event 2

atmospheric entry, rocket launch

Country of origin 1

Soviet Union

Space launch vehicle 1

Sputnik 8A91

Start point 1

Gagarin's Start

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Summary

SL-1 rocket body is a space tug^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ SL-1 rocket body — instance of (P31): space debris. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ SL-1 rocket body — instance of (P31): former entity. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ SL-1 rocket body — space launch vehicle (P375): Sputnik 8A91. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ SL-1 rocket body — country of origin (P495): Soviet Union. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ SL-1 rocket body — UTC date of spacecraft launch (P619): May 15, 1958. space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ SL-1 rocket body — significant event (P793): rocket launch. n2yo.com. n2yo.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ SL-1 rocket body — significant event (P793): atmospheric entry. n2yo.com. n2yo.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ SL-1 rocket body — start point (P1427): Gagarin's Start. space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ SL-1 rocket body is an instance of space tug (Q1958838) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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