Sputnik 8A91

In-active

Energia (OKB-1)

Feb. 3, 1958

Description

An early Russian rocket designed by Sergei Korolev in the Soviet Union

Specifications
  • Stages
    1
  • Length
  • Diameter
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
  • Thrust
Family
  • Name
    Sputnik 8A91
  • Family
  • Variant
    8A91
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Sputnik 8A91
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Energia

Government
None
OKB-1 1946

None

Sputnik 8A91 | D1- 2

Energia | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 15, 1958, 7 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

First complex scientific satellite to reach orbit.

Low Earth Orbit
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Sputnik 8A91 | D-1 1

Energia | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 27, 1958, 7 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

First complex scientific satellite with 12 experiments and a total mass of1327 kg. It failed to reach orbit due to a launch vehicle failure.

Low Earth Orbit
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