Launch Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
09:01:00
Sunday April 27, 1958
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.
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.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
1,327 kilograms
Manufacturer
OKB-1Rocket
Height: 30.41m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 1,330 kg
GTO: 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust
4,457 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 3m
Height: 4.21m
Stages
2
Strap-ons
4
1st
Mission
1st
Mission of 1958
3rd
Mission
1st
Mission of 1958
6th
Orbital launch attempt