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SPUTNIK 9

NORAD 91 · Payload · Reentered 1961-03-09

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Launched
1961-03-09 · Baikonur, Kazakhstan
Country / operator
CIS (Russia / CIS)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Space station mission
Mass
2,100 kg
Size
6.5 × 2.4 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
121 × 213 km
Inclination
64.9°
Period
87.7 min
Eccentricity
0.0070
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

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