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Korabl-Sputnik 4
Soviet spacecraft. Korabl-Sputnik 4 was launched on March 9, 1961 aboard a Vostok 8K72 from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Mar 9, 1961).
COSPAR 1961 THE 1NORAD 91Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Korabl'-Sputnik-4
- Common name
- Korabl-Sputnik 4
- Payload designation
- Vostok-3 No. 1
- Other names
- 3K No. 1:RA2
- International designator
- 1961 THE 1
- NORAD catalog number
- 91
- GCAT identifier
- S00091
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.002
Mission
- Mission type
- Human spaceflight
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Vostok3A
- Owner
- OKB-1
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- OKB-1 im. S.P. Korolev
- Platform (bus)
- Vostok
Launch
- Date
- March 9, 1961 · 06:29 UTC
- Launch record
- 1961 THESuccess
- Rocket
- Vostok 8K72
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 173 km
- Apogee
- 239 km
- Inclination
- 64.93°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- March 9, 1961
- Last known active
- Mar 9, 1961
- End of operations
- Mar 9, 1961
Size
- Mass
- 2,100 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,100 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 4,700 kg
- Length
- 6.5 m
- Diameter
- 2.40 m
- Span
- 6.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q18932 (CC0).