Sputnik 5
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| Mission Name: | Sputnik 5 |
| Call Sign: | Korabl Sputnik 2 |
| Number of Crew Members: | 0 |
| Launch: | August 19, 1960 08:44:06 UTC Baikonur LC1 Template:Coor dms |
| Landing: | August 20, 1960 |
| 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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Crew
- None
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Mission parameters
- Mass: 4,600 kg
- Perigee: 287 km
- Apogee: 324 km
- Inclination: 64.95°
- Period: 90.72 minutes
- NSSDC ID: 1960-011A
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Mission highlights
Image:Belka and Strelka Russian Space Dogs.jpg
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.
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.
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See also
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