Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
Korabl-Sputnik 1 (Russian: Корабль Спутник 1 meaning Ship Satellite 1) (also known as Sputnik 4 in the West) was the first test flight of the Soviet Vostok programme and the first Vostok spacecraft. It was launched on May 15 1960. Though Korabl-Sputnik 1 was unmanned it was a precursor to the first human spaceflight Vostok 1. A bug in the guidance system had pointed the capsule in the wrong direction so instead of dropping into the atmosphere the satellite moved into a higher orbit.
