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Korabl-Sputnik 4 (Russian: Корабль-Спутник 4 meaning Ship-Satellite 4) or Vostok-3KA No.1 also known as Sputnik 9 in the West was a Soviet spacecraft which was launched in 1961. It was a test flight of the Vostok spacecraft carrying the mannequin Ivan Ivanovich a dog named Chernushka some mice and a guinea pig.Korabl-Sputnik 4 was launched at 06:29:00 UTC on 9 March 1961 atop a Vostok-K carrier rocket flying from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

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