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Vostok 4

Vostok 4 was a crewed flight launched on August 12, 1962 aboard a Vostok 8K72 from Baikonur. Crew of 1: Pavel Popovich.

Soviet Unioncrew 11962 A NU

Flight

Mission
Vostok 4
Spacecraft (GCAT)
Vostok-4
Launch
August 12, 1962 · 08:02 UTC
Landing
August 15, 1962
Duration (Wikidata)
3.0 days
Country
Soviet Union
Designator
1962 A NU 1
Vehicle fate
Landed · Aug 15, 1962

Launch vehicle

Launch record
1962 A NU
Spaceport
Baikonur · pad LC1
Outcome
Success
Initial orbit
— × 216 km

Vehicle and launch: GCAT (CC BY 4.0). Mission name, crew, landing and duration: Wikidata Q568419 (CC0).