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The Vostok 3KA space capsule was a single-seat orbital spacecraft designed and built by the Soviet space program's Experimental Design Bureau OKB-1. It measured 2.30 meters in diameter with a launch mass of 4,725 kilograms, and consisted of a spherical reentry module and a service module that separated before reentry. The capsule carried cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on the first human spaceflight, launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on April 12, 1961.
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The Vostok 3KA space capsule was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 12 April 1961, with Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin aboard.
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Operator Soviet space program
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The Vostok 3KA space capsule was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 12 April 1961, with Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin aboard, making him the first human to reach orbital velocity around the Earth and to complete a full orbit around the Earth.
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