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SPUTNIK 10

DecayedPayloadLEO

Korabl-Sputnik 5 or Vostok-3KA No.2, also known as Sputnik 10 in the West, was a Soviet spacecraft which was launched in 1961, as part of the Vostok programme. It was the last test flight of the Vostok spacecraft design prior the first crewed flight, Vostok 1. It carried the mannequin Ivan Ivanovich, a dog named Zvezdochka, frogs, monkeys, mice, rats, plants, television cameras and scientific apparatus.

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Launch

Launch date
March 25, 1961 at 05:54 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Vostok-K →
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
176 km
Periapsis
176 km
Inclination
65°
Orbital period
88 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1961-009A
NORAD catalog №
95
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
March 25, 1961

End of mission

Last active / ended
March 25, 1961
Time in service
0 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed