| Category.
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Statistic.
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| Launch vehicle.
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Sputnik 8A91 rocket.
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| Launch date.
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27 April 1958.
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| Launch site.
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Baikonur Site 1/5.
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| Ceased operations.
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27 April as the rocket disintegrated during ascent.
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| Owner(s).
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N\A, probably OKB-1 (Opytnoye Konstruktorskoye Buro #1).
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| Major contractor(s)
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N\A, probably OKB-1 and the Ministry of Radio-technical Industry.
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| Is it still in orbit.
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No because the rocket disintegrated during ascent.
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| Launch mass
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N\A, but probably akin to aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era.
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| Nationality(s).
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Soviet.
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| Satellite type.
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Technical research\earth science.
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| Links.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_in_spaceflight, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_3 and http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt.
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