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Vostok 3
Crew
Nikolayev
11 August 1962
08:30 GMT.
Duration
: 3.93 days.
Call Sign
: Sokol (Falcon ).
Backup Crew:
Bykovsky
,
Volynov
.
Nation
: USSR.
Launch Site
:
Baikonur
.
Launch Complex
: LC1.
Launch Vehicle
:
Vostok 8K72K
. Program:
Vostok
. Class:
Manned
.
Type
: Spacecraft.
Spacecraft
:
Vostok 3KA
.
Payload
: Vostok 3KA s/n 5.
Mass
: 4,722 kg.
Perigee
: 166 km.
Apogee
: 218 km.
Inclination
: 65.0 deg.
Period
: 88.3 min. References:
1
,
2
,
5
,
6
,
16
,
32
,
33
,
60
,
175
.
Vostok 3K
- Vostok 3K in ground trolley
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