Sputnik 9 - KS4

USSR

Spacecraft nº:

USSR spacecraft nº: 23

KS = Korabl-Sputnik-4

Launch data:

Designation	00091 / 1961 Theta1 / 61008A
Launch date	09 Mar 1961 - 06:29:00 UT
Launch site	B, LC1
Launch vehicle	Vostok 8K72K (s/n E103-14)
Payload	Vostok-3KA (#1)
Launch Mass	4700 kg
Earth orbit:
Perigee / Apogee	173 x 239 km
Inclination	94,93°
Period	88,65 min
Recovery date - time	09 Mar 1961 - 08:09 UT
Flight duration (d:hr:min)	0d 01h 41min

Mission details

Vostok 1 repetition.
A Mk.III (man-rated) Vostok carried a dog Tchernoushko (Blacky) and a dummy cosmonaut on a single-orbit flight. The dog remained in the cabin, but the ejector-seat with the dummy landed separately.
Save recovery.

Astrophilately covers:

Korabl-Sputnik-4

Launch & landing cancel Minsk

Ref.: #1, #4, #7, #15, #102(SL28) - update: 31.01.18