1957–1969: Opening the Space Age
Korabl-Sputnik 2
Returned Belka and Strelka safely after orbital flight.
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- Launch
- year known only: 1960
- Lead / partner
- Soviet Union
- Target
- Earth orbit
- Category
- Space biology
- Status
- Success
- Vehicle
- Vostok-L 8K72
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- Geocentric
- Duration
- 1 day
Why it happened
Korabl-Sputnik 2 flew during 1957–1969: Opening the Space Age, as part of Soviet Union's work toward earth orbit. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.
The mission
The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: Returned Belka and Strelka safely after orbital flight.
Results
Returned Belka and Strelka safely after orbital flight.
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Sources & image credits
- ViktoryaPolyanskaya, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · license: cc-by-sa-4.0 (source, checked 2026-08-23)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog
