1960 · Soviet Space Program
Korabl-Sputnik (4)
failureVostok | Korabl-Sputnik (4)
Maiden flight of Vostok-K, second stage engine failure, spacecraft separated and recovered. Two dogs aboard, both survived.
Overview
- Date / time
- December 22, 1960 at 07:45 AM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- 1/5
- Mission
- Korabl-Sputnik (4)
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit