Sputnik 2

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Soviet spacecraft artificial satellite spacecraft

Sputnik 2 was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1957 that became famous for carrying Laika, the first living creature to orbit the Earth.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
carrying Laika, the first living creature to orbit Earth 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet spacecraft ⓘ
artificial satellite ⓘ
spacecraft ⓘ
apogeeAltitude about 1671 km ⓘ
carried Laika ⓘ
dog ⓘ
carriedInstrument biomedical sensors ⓘ
cosmic ray detectors ⓘ
radiation detectors ⓘ
solar radiation detectors ⓘ
telemetry system ⓘ
carriedPayload life-support system for Laika ⓘ
communicationSystem radio transmitters ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union ⓘ
decayDate 1958-04-14 ⓘ
designedBy Sergei Korolev ⓘ
first first spacecraft to carry a living creature into orbit ⓘ
followedBy Sputnik 3 ⓘ
heatShield no heat shield for recovery ⓘ
historicalSignificance early milestone in human spaceflight and space biology ⓘ
launchDate 1957-11-03 ⓘ
launchMass approximately 508 kg ⓘ
launchOutcome success ⓘ
launchSite Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ
Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ
surface form: Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1/5
launchVehicle R-7 Semyorka rocket ⓘ
surface form: Sputnik 8K71PS
launchYear 1957 ⓘ
lifeSupport food and water supply for Laika ⓘ
oxygen regeneration system ⓘ
manufacturer OKB-1 ⓘ
missionOutcome partial success ⓘ
missionType biosatellite ⓘ
scientific research ⓘ
notableFor Sputnik 2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: carrying Laika, the first living creature to orbit Earth
operator OKB-1 ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
orbitalInclination about 65.3 degrees ⓘ
orbitalPeriod about 103.7 minutes ⓘ
orbitalRegime low Earth orbit ⓘ
perigeeAltitude about 225 km ⓘ
powerSource chemical batteries ⓘ
precededBy Sputnik 1 ⓘ
program Soviet space program ⓘ
surface form: Sputnik program
recovery no recovery planned ⓘ
reentryDate 1958-04-14 ⓘ
relatedEvent Space Race ⓘ
spacecraftMass approximately 508 kg ⓘ
spacecraftShape cone-shaped descent module with cylindrical instrument section ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sputnik 1 → followedBy → Sputnik 2 ⓘ
R-7 Semyorka rocket → launchOf → Sputnik 2 ⓘ
subject surface form: R-7 Semyorka
Sputnik 2 → notableFor → Sputnik 2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: carrying Laika, the first living creature to orbit Earth
1958 Beta 2 → precededBy → Sputnik 2 ⓘ
Vanguard 1 satellite → precededBy → Sputnik 2 ⓘ
subject surface form: Vanguard 1