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Vostok 1
Vostok 1 was a crewed flight launched on April 12, 1961 aboard a Vostok 8K72 from Baikonur. Crew of 1: Yuri Gagarin.
Soviet Unioncrew 11961 MU
Yuri GagarinSoviet Union · 1 flightFlight
- Mission
- Vostok 1
- Spacecraft (GCAT)
- Vostok
- Launch
- April 12, 1961 · 06:07 UTC
- Landing
- April 12, 1961
- Duration (Wikidata)
- 0.1 days
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Designator
- 1961 MU 1
- Vehicle fate
- Landed · Apr 12, 1961
Launch vehicle
- Launch record
- 1961 MU
- Rocket
- Vostok 8K72
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC1
- Outcome
- Success
- Initial orbit
- — × 321 km
Vehicle and launch: GCAT (CC BY 4.0). Mission name, crew, landing and duration: Wikidata Q182524 (CC0).