Korabl-Sputnik 3
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Korabl-Sputnik 3[1] (Russian: Корабль-Спутник 3 meaning Ship-Satellite 3) or Vostok-1K No.3, also known as Sputnik 6 in the West,[2] was a Soviet spacecraft which was launched in 1960. It was a test flight of the Vostok spacecraft, carrying two dogs; Pcholka and Mushka ("little bee" and "little fly"; affectionate diminutives of "pchela" and "mukha", respectively), as well as a television camera and scientific instruments.
Image of one of the dogs onboard Sputnik 6, demodulated by CIA electronic intelligence
Korabl-Sputnik 3 was launched at 07:30:04 UTC on 1 December 1960, atop a Vostok-L carrier rocket flying from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.[1] It was successfully placed into low Earth orbit. The flight lasted one day, after which the spacecraft was deorbited ahead of its planned recovery. The deorbit burn began at 07:15 UTC on 2 December, however the engine did not cut off as planned at the end of the burn, and instead the spacecraft burned to depletion. This resulted in it reentering the atmosphere at a steep angle, and disintegrating. Both Pchyolka and Mushka were killed in the resulting disintegration.[2] The only other dog to die in a Soviet space mission was Laika, who was never intended to survive her Sputnik 2 flight.
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