Sputnik 1 - rocket launch details

Launch time4 Oct 195719:28 UTC

success

Serial number: M1-1PS

World's first orbital launch.

Maiden flight of Sputnik 8K71PS.

Rocket SputnikPS

launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Pad 1/5Kazakhstan

Name	Purpose	Mass	Comment
Sputnik 1	-	-	-