Vostok 8K72 | Korabl'-Sputnik-2

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: Soviet Space Program (Government)
• Rocket: Vostok 8K72 — Vostok family

Mission

A test of the Vostok capsule which carried dogs Belka and Stelka (amonst other animals) the flight was successful and all animals were recovered successfully.

• Type: Test Flight
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Launch Site

• Pad: 1/5
• Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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Program

• Vostok — The Vostok programme was a Soviet human spaceflight project to put the first Soviet citizens into low Earth orbit and return them safely. Competing with the United States Project Mercury, it succeeded in placing the first human into space, Yuri Gagarin, in a single orbit in Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961. (Wikipedia)