Engineering:Korabl-Sputnik 4
{{Infobox spaceflight | name = Korabl-Sputnik 4 | image = The Soviet Union 1961 CPA 2587 stamp (Fourth and fifth 'Spacecraft' flights. Dog Chernushka and rocket) cancelled.jpg | image_caption =1961 postage stamp
| mission_type = Biological
Technology
| operator =
| Harvard_designation = 1960 Theta 1
| SATCAT = 91
| mission_duration = 1 hour, 41 minutes
| spacecraft_type = Vostok-3KA | manufacturer = OKB-1 | dry_mass = | launch_mass = 4,700 kilograms (10,400 lb) | power =
| launch_date = 9 March 1961, 06:29:00 UTC | launch_rocket = Vostok-K 8K72K s/n E103-14 | launch_site = Baikonur 1/5 | launch_contractor =
| landing_date = 9 March 1961, 08:09:54 UTC | landing_site =
| orbit_epoch = | orbit_reference = Geocentric | orbit_regime = Low Earth | orbit_periapsis = 173 kilometres (107 mi) | orbit_apoapsis = 239 kilometres (149 mi) | orbit_inclination = 64.93 degrees | orbit_period = 88.6 minutes | apsis = gee | programme = Sputnik program | previous_mission = Korabl-Sputnik 3 | next_mission = Korabl-Sputnik 5 Korabl-Sputnik 4[1] (Russian: Корабль-Спутник 4 meaning Ship-Satellite 4) or Vostok-3KA No.1, also known as Sputnik 9 in the West,[2] was a Soviet spacecraft which was launched on 9 March 1961. Carrying the mannequin Ivan Ivanovich, a dog named Chernushka, some mice and the first guinea pig in space, it was a test flight of the Vostok spacecraft.[3]
Korabl-Sputnik 4 was launched at 06:29:00 UTC on 9 March 1961, atop a Vostok-K carrier rocket flying from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.[1] It was successfully placed into low Earth orbit. The spacecraft was only intended to complete a single orbit, so it was deorbited shortly after launch, and reentered on its first pass over the Soviet Union. It landed at 08:09:54 UTC, and was successfully recovered. During the descent, the mannequin was ejected from the spacecraft in a test of its ejection seat, and descended separately under its own parachute.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt.
- ↑ Wade, Mark. "Vostok". Encyclopedia Astronautica. http://www.astronautix.com/craft/vostok.htm. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- ↑ Gray, Tara (1998). "A Brief History of Animals in Space". National Aeronautics and Space Administration. https://history.nasa.gov/animals.html.
- ↑ Wade, Mark. "Soyuz". Encyclopedia Astronautica. http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/soyuz.htm.
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| Cancelled | Vostok 7 to 13 (incorporated into Voskhod programme) | |
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