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Sputnik 2
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 3 Nov 1957, 02:30 am UTC
Rocket: Sputnik 8K74PS (Sputnik)
Provider: Soviet Space Program
Mission
Type: Test Flight
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission Description
Second artificial satellite and first to carry an animal into orbit.