| Mission Statistics | |
| Mission Name: | Sputnik 9 |
| Call Sign: | Korabl Sputnik 4 |
| Number of Crew Members: | 0 |
| Launch: | March 9, 1961 06:29:00 UTC Baikonur LC1 |
| Landing: | March 9, 1961 08:09:54 UTC |
| Duration: | 1 hour 41 minutes |
| Number of Orbits: | 1 |
| Korabl Sputnik 4 | |
Contents |
Crew
- None
Mission parameters
- Mass: 4,700 kg
- Perigee: 173 km
- Apogee: 239 km
- Inclination: 64. Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 93°
- Period: 88. 6 minutes
- NSSDC ID: 1961-008A
Mission highlights
This test Vostok spacecraft was the fourth in a series of spacecraft designed as precursors to manned space flight. The spacecraft carried a dummy cosmonaut, the dog Chernushka, mice, and a guinea pig. During the 1950s and 1960s the USSR used a number of Dogs for Sub-orbital and orbital space flights to determine whether human spaceflight was feasible The Guinea pig (also commonly called the cavy after its scientific name Cavia porcellus) is a species of Rodent belonging to the family Caviidae [1] The flight lasted for a single orbit, and a successful recovery was made.
References
- ^ Gray, Tara (1998). A Brief History of Animals in Space. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program Retrieved on 2007-05-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João
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