Soyuz 3

 1968-094A

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Soyuz-3 made rendezvous with Soyuz-2 on Oct 26 but failed to dock. Chief Designer Mishin reportedly blamed pilot Georgy Beregovoy for the failure, claiming that he flew Soyuz-3 the wrong way up during the approach.

Soyuz-3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1968 Oct 26	0834:18	Launch by 11A511	KB LC31
		T+1:55 SAS sep
		T+1:58 Blok BVGD sep
		T+2:45 Fairing sep
		T+4:48 Blok A sep
		T+4:48 St 3 MES
	0843	T+8:50 St 3 MECO
	0843	Blok-I sep
	0844	11 km from Soyuz-2, at 15m/s
	0900	Rev 1 rendezvous with Soyuz-2
	1845		88.41 186 x 206 x 51.65
1968 Oct 27	1940		88.46 183 x 214 x 51.66
1968 Oct 28	0015		88.41 181 x 211 x 51.67
1968 Oct 28	0900		88.54 174 x 232 x 51.66
	1620		88.85 205 x 231 x 51.68
1968 Oct 29	0420		88.80 199 x 232 x 51.67
1968 Oct 30	0645:05	Retrofire (2:25)
	0647:30	DO CO
	0657?	Modules sep
	0703?	Entry
	0725:03	Landed 50.5N, 72.8E Karaganda zone