SPUTNIK 8
NORAD 77 · Payload · Reentered 1961-02-25
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- 1961-02-12 · Baikonur, Kazakhstan
- Country / operator
- CIS (Russia / CIS)
- Object type
- Payload
- Mass
- 600 kg
- Size
- 0.9 × 2.5 m
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 169 × 242 km
- Inclination
- 65.0°
- Period
- 88.5 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0056
- Orbit data
- Reconstructed from catalog orbit
Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).
Same launch
Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.