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Sputnik 9 Sputnik 9 | Mission Statistics | | Mission Name: | Sputnik 9 | | Call Sign: | Korabl Sputnik 4 | | Number of Crew Members: | 0 | | Launch: | March 9, 1961
06:29:00 UTC
Baikonur LC1
| | Landing: | March 9, 1961
08:09:54 UTC | | Duration: | 1 hour 41 minutes | | Number of Orbits: | 1 | | Korabl Sputnik 4 | Crew Mission Parameters - Mass: 4,700 kg
- Perigee: 173 km
- Apogee: 239 km
- Inclination: 64.93
- Period: 88.6 minutes
- NSSDC ID: 1961-008A
Mission Highlights This test Vostok spacecraft was the fourth in a series of spacecraft designed as precursors to manned space flight. The spacecraft carried a dummy astronaut and the dog Chernushka. The flight lasted for a single orbit, and a successful recovery was made.
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