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Vostok 2
Vostok 2 was a crewed flight launched on August 6, 1961 aboard a Vostok 8K72 from Baikonur. Crew of 1: Gherman Titov.
Soviet Unioncrew 11961 TAU
Flight
- Mission
- Vostok 2
- Spacecraft (GCAT)
- Vostok-2
- Launch
- August 6, 1961 · 06:00 UTC
- Landing
- August 7, 1961
- Duration (Wikidata)
- 1.1 days
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Designator
- 1961 TAU 1
- Vehicle fate
- Landed · Aug 7, 1961
Launch vehicle
- Launch record
- 1961 TAU
- Rocket
- Vostok 8K72
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC1
- Outcome
- Success
- Initial orbit
- — × 238 km
Vehicle and launch: GCAT (CC BY 4.0). Mission name, crew, landing and duration: Wikidata Q221678 (CC0).
Gherman TitovSoviet Union · 1 flight