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