Space AtlasSPUTNIK 3
NORAD 8 · Payload · Reentered 1960-04-06
View in the 3D atlas →- Launched
- 1958-05-15 · Baikonur, Kazakhstan
- Country / operator
- CIS (Russia / CIS)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Space science
- Mass
- 1,327 kg
- Size
- 3.6 × 1.7 m
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 139 × 255 km
- Inclination
- 65.1°
- Period
- 88.3 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0088
- 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.