D-1 1 Mission

Launch Status

Failure

Date & Time

27 Apr 1958, 7:00am

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Site

Baikonur Cosmodrome

Pad

1/5

Launch Service Provider

Soviet Space Program logo

Soviet Space Program

Vehicle

Sputnik 8A91 image

Sputnik 8A91

Mission

D-1 1

Mission Type

Earth Science

Destination

Low Earth Orbit

First complex scientific satellite with 12 experiments and a total mass of1327 kg. It failed to reach orbit due to a launch vehicle failure.

Updated: Jan 3, 7:53pm UTC

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