Monday, May 31, 1993

Korabl-Sputnik 2A

   1960-F09


Spacecraft 1K No. 1 (Vostok-1 No. 1) was launched in Jul 1960, but failed to reach orbit. The SAS escape system fired and the cabin was safely recovered near tracking station IP-1, but the dogs died due to acceleration-induced stress. It carried two dogs, Bars (`Snow Leopard'; or possibly Chayka `Seagull') and Lisichka (`Little Fox').

Varlomeyev gives the date as Jul 23. The Vostok PO was 2.5m dia, length of SA plus PO was 5.04m. Mass was 4600 kg.


Vostok-1 No. 1 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1960 Jul 28  0712 Launch by 8K72  KB LC1 
 0712 T+53s First stage failure 
 0714SAS fired 
 0720? SA recovered 

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