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Korabl'-Sputnik-1
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 15 May 1960, 12:00 am UTC
Rocket: Vostok 8K72 (Vostok)
Provider: Soviet Space Program
Mission
Type: Test Flight
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission Description
Korabl-Sputnik was the first test flight of the Vostok programme and the first Vostok spacecraft.