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Korabl-Sputnik 4
1961 USSR unmanned test launch of the Vostok spacecraft
1961 USSR unmanned test launch of the Vostok spacecraft
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Korabl-Sputnik 4 |
| names_list | Sputnik 9 |
| image | The Soviet Union 1961 CPA 2587 stamp (Fourth and fifth 'Spacecraft' flights. Dog Chernushka and rocket) cancelled.jpg |
| image_caption | 1961 postage stamp |
| mission_type | Biological |
| Technology | |
| operator | Soviet space program |
| COSPAR_ID | 1961-008A |
| Harvard_designation | 1960 Theta 1 |
| SATCAT | 91 |
| mission_duration | 1 hour, 41 minutes |
| spacecraft_type | Vostok-3KA |
| manufacturer | OKB-1 |
| launch_mass | 4700 kg |
| launch_date | UTC |
| launch_rocket | Vostok-K 8K72K |
| launch_site | Baikonur 1/5 |
| landing_date | UTC |
| orbit_reference | Geocentric |
| orbit_regime | Low Earth |
| orbit_periapsis | 173 km |
| orbit_apoapsis | 239 km |
| orbit_inclination | 64.93 degrees |
| orbit_period | 88.6 minutes |
| apsis | gee |
| programme | Vostok program |
| previous_mission | Korabl-Sputnik 3 |
| next_mission | Korabl-Sputnik 5 |
Technology
Korabl-Sputnik 4 ( meaning Ship-Satellite 4) or Vostok-3KA No.1, also known as Sputnik 9 in the West, was a Soviet spacecraft which was launched on 9 March 1961. Carrying the mannequin Ivan Ivanovich, a dog named Chernushka, some mice and the first guinea pig in space, it was a test flight of the Vostok spacecraft.
Korabl-Sputnik 4 was launched at 06:29:00 UTC on 9 March 1961, atop a Vostok-K carrier rocket flying from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. It was successfully placed into low Earth orbit. The spacecraft was only intended to complete a single orbit, so it was deorbited shortly after launch, and reentered on its first pass over the Soviet Union. It landed at 08:09:54 UTC, and was successfully recovered. During the descent, the mannequin was ejected from the spacecraft in a test of its ejection seat, and descended separately under its own parachute.
References
References
- McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". [[Jonathan's Space Page]].
- Wade, Mark. "Vostok".
- Gray, Tara. (1998). "A Brief History of Animals in Space". [[National Aeronautics and Space Administration]].
- Wade, Mark. "Soyuz". Encyclopedia Astronautica.
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