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Korabl-Sputnik (4) - Space launch mission detailed information

MISSION NAME

Korabl-Sputnik (4) 4

Status

Failure

DATE

22 DEC 1960

LAUNCH PROVIDER

Soviet Space Program + -img

Soviet Space Program

Launch Pad

1/5

KAZ

Description

Maiden flight of Vostok-K, second stage engine failure, spacecraft separated and recovered. Two dogs aboard, both survived.

Vostok-K

Vostok-K

RUS

Rocket Description

The Vostok-K was an expendable carrier rocket used by the Soviet Union for thirteen launches between 1960 and 1964, six of which were manned. The Vostok-K made its maiden flight on 22 December 1960, three weeks after the retirement of the Vostok-L. The third stage engine failed 425 seconds after launch, and the payload, a Korabl-Sputnik spacecraft, failed to reach orbit. The spacecraft was recovered after landing, and the two dogs aboard the spacecraft survived the flight. On 12 April 1961, a Vostok-K rocket was used to launch Vostok 1, the first manned spaceflight, which made Yuri Gagarin the first human to fly in space.

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