Status
Success
Korabl-Sputnik 4
Launch Time
Thu Mar 09, 1961 06:29 UTC
Thu Mar 09, 1961 06:29 UTC
First launch of the imporoved Vostok-3KA spacecraft, same design that would carry the first humans to space.
Rocket
Mission Details
Korabl-Sputnik 4
This launch carried a new version of the Vostok spacecraft, Vostok-3KA. It carried a single dog named Chernushka and a mannequin named Ivan Ivanovich in an ejector seat, just like a real human would later. It completed only one orbit, as planned, and after re-entry it ejected the mannequin, which parachuted down on its own. The dog and the capsule were also recovered alive after landing by their own parachute. The mission was a complete success.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 4,700.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
1961
9th orbital launch attempt
Vostok
15th mission
1st mission of 1961
6th successful mission
1st consecutive successful mission