Tuesday, January 24, 1989

Korabl-Sputnik 5

  1961-009


Spacecraft 3KA No. 2 (Vostok-3A No. 2) was the final test flight, lasting one orbit - a dress rehearsal for the first piloted space flight. Korabl'-Sputnik-5 was launched on 1961 Mar 25, a few weeks before Gagarin. It carried a second cosmonaut-simulator and a dog. The dog Zvezdochka was recovered safely in the sphere.


Korabl'-Sputnik-5 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1961 Mar 25  0554:00 Launch by 8K72K  KB 
 0605:31 Blok-E sep 
   164 x 230 x 64.9 
 0710:49  Retrofire 
 0711:36  PO sep 
 0737Dummy ejected 
 0740:48 Landed after 1 orbit 

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