Sputnik 9
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Mission Statistics | |
Mission Name: | Sputnik 9 |
Call Sign: | Korabl Sputnik 4 |
Number of Crew Members: | 0 |
Launch: | March 9, 1961 06:29:00 UTC Baikonur LC1 Template:Coor dms |
Landing: | March 9, 1961 08:09:54 UTC |
Duration: | 1 hour 41 minutes |
Number of Orbits: | 1 |
Korabl Sputnik 4 |
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Crew
- None
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Mission parameters
- Mass: 4,700 kg
- Perigee: 173 km
- Apogee: 239 km
- Inclination: 64.93°
- Period: 88.6 minutes
- NSSDC ID: 1961-008A
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Mission highlights
This test Vostok spacecraft was the fourth in a series of spacecraft designed as precursors to manned space flight. The spacecraft carried a dummy cosmonaut and the dog Chernushka. The flight lasted for a single orbit, and a successful recovery was made.
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