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Korabl-Sputnik (4)
Launch FailureLaunch Details
Date: 22 Dec 1960, 07:45 am UTC
Rocket: Vostok (R-7)
Provider: Soviet Space Program
Mission
Type: Test Flight
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission Description
Maiden flight of Vostok-K, second stage engine failure, spacecraft separated and recovered. Two dogs aboard, both survived.