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  Name Sputnik III
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  Organization Soviet Union
  Major Contractors Korolev Design Bureau
  Mission Type Earth Science
  Satellite Of Earth
  Launch
  Launch Vehicle Modified R-7/SS-6 ICBM
  Decay April 6 , 1960
  Mission Duration 692 days
  Mass 1,327 kg
  NSSDC ID 1958-004B
  Webpage NASA NSSDC Master Catalog
  Semimajor Axis 74187 km
  Eccentricity 110932
  Inclination 6518°
  Orbital Period 1059 minutes
  Apogee 1,864 km
  Perigee 217 km
  Orbits ~10,000


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