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Korabl'-Sputnik-3
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 1 Dec 1960, 07:30 am UTC
Rocket: Vostok 8K72 (Vostok)
Provider: Soviet Space Program
Mission
Type: Test Flight
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission Description
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.