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Sputnik 13
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 24 Apr 1962, 04:00 am UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-2I 63S1 (Kosmos)
Provider: Soviet Space Program
Mission
Type: Astrophysics
Orbit: Elliptical Orbit
Pad: Mayak-2, Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Mission Description
Cosmos 3 was the first 2MS satellite deployed by the OKB-1. It operated until August 20, 1962 and re-entered the atmosphere on October 17, 1963 .