Korabl-Sputnik 1
Mission type | Technology |
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Harvard designation | 1960 Epsilon 3 |
COSPAR ID | 1960-005A |
SATCAT no. | 36 |
Mission duration | 4 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | OKB-1 |
Launch mass | 4,540 kilograms (10,010 lb)[1] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 15 May 1960, 00:00:05 | UTC
Rocket | Vostok-L 8K72 s/n L1-11 |
Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Failed deorbit c. 19 May 1960 |
Decay date | 5 September 1962[2] |
Landing site | 44°05′56″N 87°39′28″W / 44.098951°N 87.657689°W |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Eccentricity | 0.02879 |
Perigee altitude | 290 kilometres (160 nmi)[1] |
Apogee altitude | 675 kilometres (364 nmi) |
Inclination | 65.02 degrees |
Period | 94.25 minutes |
Epoch | 1960-05-15 00:00:00 UTC |
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Korabl-Sputnik 1
The spacecraft, the first of a series of spacecraft used to investigate the means for crewed space flight, contained scientific instruments, a television system, and a self-sustaining biological cabin with a dummy of a man. It was designed to study the operation of the life support system and the stresses of flight. The spacecraft radioed both extensive telemetry and prerecorded voice communications. After four days of flight, the retro rocket was fired and the descent module was separated from its equipment module, but because the spacecraft was not in the correct
The descent module re-entered the atmosphere on September 5, 1962, while the equipment module re-entered on October 15, 1965.[4] A 20-pound piece of the descent module landed in Manitowoc, Wisconsin in the northern United States.[5][6]
Notes
- ^ a b c "1960-005A (ε1) - Kosmičeskij korabl' 1". Space 40 encyclopedia.
- ^ a b c "Sputnik 4 - NSSDC ID: 1960-005A". NASA.
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- ^ Hall and Shayer, p.122
- ^ Sputnik Crashed Here, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
- ^ "Sputnik IV Spot Is Marked". Manitowoc Herald-Times. 26 January 1978.
- ^ "Interview with Gian Cordiglia". Archived from the original on 2017-08-21. Retrieved 2007-05-14.
References
- Hall, Rex; Shayler, David (May 18, 2001). The rocket men: Vostok & Voskhod, the first Soviet manned spaceflights. Springer. p. 350. ISBN 1-85233-391-X.