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Soviet Space Program
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Mission brief
The flight at a glance.
First artificial satellite consisting of a 58 cm pressurized aluminium shell containing two 1 W transmitters for a total mass of 83.6 kg.
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Planned timings relative to the target. These steps do not indicate live progress.
A flight sequence has not been published for this mission.