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Soviet Space Program Vostok 8K72 Korabl'-Sputnik-1

Name: Soviet Space Program Vostok 8K72 Korabl'-Sputnik-1
Start: 1960-05-15T00:00:05.000Z
Location: 1/5

Status

Success

15 MAY 1960

Soviet Space Program

1/5

Korabl-Sputnik was the first test flight of the Vostok programme and the first Vostok spacecraft.

Vostok 8K72

Vostok was a family of rockets derived from the Soviet R-7 Semyorka ICBM and was designed for the human spaceflight programme.