Status
Success
Korabl-Sputnik 5
Launch Time
Sat Mar 25, 1961 05:54 UTC
Sat Mar 25, 1961 05:54 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Korabl-Sputnik 5
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.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 4,695.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
1961
10th orbital launch attempt
Vostok
16th mission
2nd mission of 1961
7th successful mission
2nd consecutive successful mission