| Major contractors | OKB-1 |
|---|---|
| Bus | Vostok-1K |
| Mission type | Biological Technology |
| Launch date | 1 December 1960 07:30:04 UTC |
| Carrier rocket | Vostok-L 8K72 s/n L1-13 |
| Launch site | Baikonur Site 1/5 |
| Mission duration | 25 hours 42 minutes |
| Orbital decay | 2 December 1960 09:12 UTC |
| COSPAR ID | 1960 Rho 1 |
| Mass | 4,563 kilograms (10,060 lb) |
| Orbital elements | |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Inclination | 64.97° |
| Apoapsis | 232 kilometres (144 mi) |
| Periapsis | 166 kilometres (103 mi) |
| Orbital period | 88.47 minutes |
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.
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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