Sputnik 1 Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

4 Oct 1957, 7:28pm

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Site

Baikonur Cosmodrome

Pad

1/5

Launch Service Provider

Soviet Space Program logo

Soviet Space Program

Vehicle

Sputnik 8K74PS image

Sputnik 8K74PS

Mission

Sputnik 1

Mission Type

Test Flight

Destination

Low Earth Orbit

First artificial satellite consisting of a 58 cm pressurized aluminium shell containing two 1 W transmitters for a total mass of 83.6 kg.

Available Replays

SciNews

Sputnik 1 - Earth’s First Artificial Satellite

Updated: Mar 24, 12:01am UTC

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