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Sputnik 3
Mission typeEarth Science
OperatorOKB-1
Harvard designation1958 Delta 2
SATCAT no.00008
WebsiteNASA NSSDC Master Catalog
Mission duration692 days
Spacecraft properties
ManufacturerKorolev Design Bureau
Launch mass1,327 kilograms (2,926 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date15 May 1958, 07:12:00 (1958-05-15UTC07:12Z) UTC
RocketSputnik 8A91
Launch siteBaikonur 1/5
End of mission
Decay dateApril 6, 1960
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Semi-major axis7,418.7 kilometres (4,609.8 mi)
Eccentricity0.110932
Perigee altitude217 kilometres (135 mi)
Apogee altitude1,864 kilometres (1,158 mi)
Inclination65.18°
Period105.9 minutes
Epoch15 May 1958 07:12:00 UTC
Universal newsreel about the Soviet Union's Industrial Exhibition in 1958 featuring a replica of Sputnik 3

Sputnik 3 (Russian: Спутник-3, Satellite 3) was a Soviet satellite launched on 15 May 1958 from Baikonur Cosmodrome by a modified R-7/SS-6 ICBM. The scientific satellite carried a large array of instruments for geophysical research of the upper atmosphere and near space.

1958 Soviet Union stamp

Sputnik 3 was the only Soviet satellite launched in 1958. Like its American counterpart, Vanguard 1, Sputnik 3 made it into orbit during the International Geophysical Year.[1]

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  1. ^ Green, Constance McLaughlin, and Lomax, Milton.. Vanguard a History, Washington D.C., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1970, p. 219. NASA SP-4202

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