Sputnik 1
COSPAR 1957-001B · NORAD 2
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Mission
- Launch date
- 1957-10-04
- Status (SATCAT)
- decayed
- Decay date
- 1958-01-03
- Launch site code
- TYMSC
- Owner code
- CIS
- COSPAR ID
- 1957-001B
- NORAD ID
- 2
Source:CelesTrak (data from USSPACECOM / 18 SDS) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
Orbit
- Period
- 96.1 min
- Inclination
- 65°
- Apogee
- 1,080 km
- Perigee
- 64 km
- Orbit center code
- EA
Source:CelesTrak (data from USSPACECOM / 18 SDS) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
In everyday life
- It circles Earth every 96 minutes — about 15 orbits a day (CelesTrak).
- It re-entered the atmosphere on 1958-01-03 (CelesTrak).
- Someone born in its launch year (1957) turns 69 this year.
Worked out from this object's official values.