Vostok 3KA crewed spacecraft
Vostok 3KA was the flight-ready single-seat Soviet spacecraft family that culminated in the first six human orbital missions. Two uncrewed qualification spacecraft carrying dogs and instrumented mannequins flew successfully in March 1961 before six crewed vehicles flew from April 1961 through June 1963. The design paired a spherical descent module with an equipment module; on crewed flights the cosmonaut ejected during descent and landed under a personal parachute.
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- Vostok spacecraftVostok crewed spacecraftVostok 3KA
- Family Name
- Vostok 3KA
- Full Name
- Vostok 3KA crewed spacecraft
- Roles
- crewed_spacecraft
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
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- Description
- Vostok 3KA was the flight-ready single-seat Soviet spacecraft family that culminated in the first six human orbital missions. Two uncrewed qualification spacecraft carrying dogs and instrumented mannequins flew successfully in March 1961 before six crewed vehicles flew from April 1961 through June 1963. The design paired a spherical descent module with an equipment module; on crewed flights the cosmonaut ejected during descent and landed under a personal parachute.
- First Flight Year
- 1,961
- Last Flight Year
- 1,963
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- Propulsion Configurations
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- Nested value
- Name
- Vostok 3KA TDU-1 retrofire installation
- Notes
- One TDU-1 liquid-propellant retrorocket for the Vostok 3KA spacecraft reentry burn; this spacecraft installation is separate from the Vostok launch-vehicle Block E RD-0109 configuration.
- Spacecraft Specs
- Reusability
- expendable
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- July 7, 2026 at 11:42:30 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 25, 2026 at 06:47:44 UTC
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