SPUTNIK 2

NORAD 3 · Payload · Reentered 1958-04-14

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Launched: 1957-11-03 · Baikonur, Kazakhstan
Country / operator: CIS (Russia / CIS)
Object type: Payload
Purpose: Biology
Mass: 508 kg
Size: 2 × 1 m
Orbit class: LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee: 211 × 1,659 km
Inclination: 65.3°
Period: 103.6 min
Eccentricity: 0.0991
Orbit data: Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).