Korabl-Sputnik 5

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

05:54:00

Saturday March 25, 1961

Mission Details

Exact same mission profile as Korabl-Sputnik 4, with a dog named Zvezdochka. A complete success, the last step in getting approval to launch the first human in the Vostok rocket and spacecraft.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

4,695 kilograms

Rocket

Retired

Vostok

Active 1958 to 1964

Manufacturer

OKB-1

Rocket

Height: 38.36m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 4,730 kg

GTO: 0 kg

Liftoff Thrust

4,570 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 2.58m

Height: 6.74m

Stages

3

Strap-ons

4

Launch Site

Site 1/5

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Fastest Turnaround

23 hr 32 min

Site 1/5

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Fastest Turnaround

23 hr 32 min

Stats

Vostok

16th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 1961

OKB-1

24th

Mission

4th

Mission of 1961

1961

10th

Orbital launch attempt