Sputnik

Designation	F00008 / 58F03
Launch date	27 Apr 1958 - 09:01 UT
Launch site	B, LC1
Launch vehicle	Sputnik 8A91
Mission	Scientific: ionosphere study
Satellite type	D-1 (#1)
Mass at launch	? kg
Decay	27 Apr 1958

Failure: launch vehicle disintegrated 88 sec. after lift-off

Korolyov 'Object-D' satellite launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Sputnik (R-7) rocket.
Rocket took off normally, but resonant frequencies in the strap-on booster arrangement began shaking the vehicle apart after about one minute. The rocket broke apart 88 seconds after lift-off.

Ref.: #7, #102(SL13), #230 - update: 08.07.05