flown missionSuccess
Vostok 8K72 | Korabl'-Sputnik-3
Soviet Space Program1/5 — Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Korabl'-Sputnik-3
- Type
- Test Flight
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Another test of the Vostok capsule which had a successful flight into orbit but during re-entry the engine failed to cut off and burned to completion resulting in an incorrect entry trajectory. The vehicle was destroyed in order to ensure the vehicle didn't fall into enemy hands.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Vostok 8K72
- Family
- Vostok
- Variant
- 8K72
- Provider
- Soviet Space Program
- Type
- Government
- Country
- RUS
launch site
- Pad
- 1/5
- Location
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Country
- KAZ
- Timezone
- Asia/Qyzylorda
- Coordinates
- 45.9200, 63.3420