Soviet Space Program Sputnik 8A91 D-1 1

Sputnik 8A91

Status

Failure

Date

27 APR 1958

07:00

Launch Provider

Soviet Space Program

Launch Pad

1/5

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

First complex scientific satellite with 12 experiments and a total mass of1327 kg. It failed to reach orbit due to a launch vehicle failure.

Rocket

Sputnik 8A91

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

An early Russian rocket designed by Sergei Korolev in the Soviet Union