Sputnik 3

Military/Government

LAUNCH WINDOW

15 May 1958

07:12 AM UTC

Drawing of a calendar and a clock

ORBIT

LEO (1040.5km, 65.18°)

Eccentricity:

0.791

a path of a rocket

LAUNCH SITE

Baikonur

Kyzylorda Province, Kazakhstan

VEHICLE

Sputnik 8A91

Operated by: Roscosmos

Image of the Sputnik 8A91 rocket