Korabl-Sputnik 1

(Sputnik 4)

Crew:
    Unmanned

Launch:
    Location: Baikonur, Site 1/5
    Date: 15 May 1960
    Time: 00:00:05 UTC

Failed Deorbit:
    Date: 19 October 1960
    Re-entry: 5 September 1962 (descent module)
    Re-entry: 15 October 1965 (equipment module)

Flight Duration:
    Approximately 4 days

This was the first flight of a Vostok spacecraft. The retro rocket was fired after 4 days in space and the descent module separated. However, the craft was in an incorrect flight attitude and re-entry did not go as olanned. In 1962, a 20 pound piece of the decent module landed in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA.

 

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