Soyuz 3, the first crewed Soviet orbital flight after the Soyuz 1 disaster, flown by Georgy Beregovoy. Soyuz from Baikonur Site 31/6 on 26 October 1968; rendezvoused with unmanned Soyuz 2 but failed to dock, then returned after four days.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.6 T
- Flight
- 11th
- of 32 Soyuz 11A511 flights
- Date and time
- 26 October 1968, 08:34 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz 11A511
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Human Exploration
- International designator
- 1968-094
- Launches in 1968
- 102nd of 128
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