Soviet Space Program Sputnik 8A91 D1- 2

Name: Soviet Space Program Sputnik 8A91 D1- 2
Start: 1958-05-15T07:00:35.000Z
Location: 1/5

Sputnik 8A91

Status

Success

Date

15 MAY 1958

07:00

Launch Provider

Soviet Space Program

Launch Pad

1/5

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

First complex scientific satellite to reach orbit.

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