Status
Failure
1K n°2 (Korabl-Sputnik 2)
Launch Time
Thu Jul 28, 1960 09:31 UTC
Thu Jul 28, 1960 09:31 UTC
Second Vostok test, carried 2 dogs, Chayka (Seagull) and Lisichka (Little Fox). Exploded shortly after launch, killing both dogs.
Rocket
Mission Details
1K n°2 (Korabl-Sputnik 2)
Two dogs were launched on this mission in a Vostok 1-K spacecraft. Soon after launch, longitudinal vibrations in one of the strap-ons caused it to break off at T+19 seconds. Around T+30 seconds the whole vehicle disintegrated, sending boosters flying in random directions and crashing into the steppe. Flight controllers jettisoned the descent module from the rocket, but the parachutes were not able to deploy quickly enough and the dogs were killed on impact. This failure caused a bit of an uproar because a similar problem had plagued earlier launches and was supposed to have been fixed.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 4,600.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
1960
16th orbital launch attempt
Vostok
11th mission
4th mission of 1960
7th failed mission