Status
Failure
D-1 n°01
Launch Time
Sun Apr 27, 1958 09:01 UTC
Sun Apr 27, 1958 09:01 UTC
First flight of the upgraded version of Sputnik, 8A91. At T+90 seconds, abnormal vibrations originating from the strap-ons boosters were detected, followed by breakup of the vehicle 7 seconds later. First Soviet failure.
Rocket
Mission Details
D-1 n°01
D-1 n°01 was an automatic scientific laboratory spacecraft. It was conically shaped and was 3.57 m long and 1.73 m wide at its base. It weighed 1,327 kg and carried twelve scientific instrumentation.
Despite the failure of the launch, a new copy was launched a few weeks later, which reached the orbit. It was named Sputnik 3.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,327.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
1958
6th orbital launch attempt
Sputnik 8A91
1st mission
1st mission of 1958
1st failed mission