Korabl-Sputnik 3 (Sputnik 6 / Vostok-1K No. 3), a Soviet crewed-spacecraft precursor carrying dogs Pchelka and Mushka plus other biological specimens on a Vostok 8K72 from Baikonur; a faulty retro burn caused a too-steep re-entry and the cabin burned up.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4.6 T
- Flight
- 4th
- of 4 Vostok 8K72 flights
- Date and time
- 1 December 1960, 07:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Vostok 8K72
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Test Flight
- International designator
- 1960-017
- Launches in 1960
- 33rd of 38
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