Sputnik 2
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sputnik-2-162-5461690
title:
Sputnik 2
text:
Sputnik 2, or Prosteyshiy Sputnik 2, launched on 3 November 1957, was the second spacecraft launched into Earth orbit, and the first to carry an animal into orbit, a Soviet space dog named Laika. Launched by the Soviet Union via a modified R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile, Sputnik 2 was a 4-metre-high (13 ft) cone-shaped capsule with a base diameter of 2 metres (6.6 ft) that weighed around 500 kilograms (1,100 lb), though it was not designed to separate from the rocket core that brought it
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Second spacecraft launched into Earth orbit (1957)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_2
date created:
2002-09-07T22:05:19Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T18:11:29Z
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