Soviet Space Program Sputnik 8K74PS Sputnik 2

Name: Soviet Space Program Sputnik 8K74PS Sputnik 2
Start: 1957-11-03T02:30:00.000Z
Location: 1/5

Sputnik 8K74PS

Status

Success

Date

3 NOV 1957

02:30

Launch Provider

Soviet Space Program

Launch Pad

1/5

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

Second artificial satellite and first to carry an animal into orbit.

Rocket

Sputnik 8K74PS

Mission Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

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