MISSION NAME
Sputnik 1 1
Status
Success
DATE
4 OCT 1957
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Soviet Space Program
Launch Pad
1/5
Description
First artificial satellite consisting of a 58 cm pressurized aluminium shell containing two 1 W transmitters for a total mass of 83.6 kg.
Sputnik 8K74PS
Rocket Description
An early Russian rocket designed by Sergei Korolev in the Soviet Union