Sputnik 2 (PS-2), the second Soviet artificial satellite, launched on an 8K71PS from Baikonur on 3 November 1957. The ~508 kg spacecraft carried the dog Laika, the first animal to orbit Earth; she did not survive, and the craft reentered in April 1958.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 518 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 2 Sputnik 8K71PS flights
- Date and time
- 3 November 1957, 02:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Sputnik 8K71PS
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Test Flight
- International designator
- 1957-002
- Launches in 1957
- 2nd of 3
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