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Sputnik 8K74PS | Sputnik 1
First artificial satellite consisting of a 58 cm pressurized aluminium shell containing two 1 W transmitters for a total mass of 83.6 kg.
Mission type: Test Flight · Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Rocket: Sputnik 8K74PS · Provider: Soviet Space Program
Launch pad
1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan · View on map (opens in new tab)