Sputnik 5
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| Mission Statistics | |
| Mission Name: | Sputnik 5 |
| Call Sign: | Korabl Sputnik 2 |
| Number of Crew Members: | 0 |
| Launch: | August 19, 1960 08:44:06 UTC Baikonur LC1 |
| Landing: | August 20, 1960 06:00:00 UTC approx |
| Duration: | 1 day |
| Number of Orbits: | ~16 |
| Korabl Sputnik 2 | |
Sputnik 5 was a USSR artificial Earth satellite from the Sputnik space program, launched on August 19, 1960. It was in fact the second test flight of the Vostok spacecraft, and therefore it is sometimes called Korabl-Sputnik 2 ("korabl" is Russian for "ship"). It was the first one to return animals from orbit.
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[edit] Crew
- None
[edit] Mission parameters
- Mass: 4,600 kg
- Perigee: 287 km
- Apogee: 324 km
- Inclination: 64.95°
- Period: 90.72 minutes
- NSSDC ID: 1960-011A
[edit] Mission highlights
This spacecraft was the second in a series of spacecraft designed to further the development of an Earth orbiting system for the planned manned space program.
A radio station in Bonn, Germany, was among the first to pick up the signal. On the 3rd orbit, a Swedish radio station confirmed this.
The spacecraft carried two dogs, Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, 2 rats and a variety of plants on-board. The spacecraft returned to earth the next day and all animals were recovered safely. The spacecraft also carried a television camera which took images of the dogs.
Shortly after the landing, one of Strelka's puppies was sent to Jacqueline Kennedy as a present from the Soviet Union.
[edit] Note
The launch time is disputed: Sergei Voevodin gave the time as 08:38:24 UTC while it was officially said to be 08:44:06
[edit] See also
| Vostok programme |  |
|---|---|
| Sputnik 4 | Sputnik 5 | Sputnik 6 | Sputnik 9 | Sputnik 10 | Vostok 1 | Vostok 2 | Vostok 3 | Vostok 4 | Vostok 5 | Vostok 6 |
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