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Vostok 2
Space mission of USSR. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961 aboard a Vostok 8K72 from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Aug 7, 1961).
COSPAR 1961 TAU 1NORAD 168Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Vostok-2
- Common name
- Vostok 2
- Payload designation
- Vostok-3A No. 4
- Other names
- 3KA No. 4:RA2
- International designator
- 1961 TAU 1
- NORAD catalog number
- 168
- GCAT identifier
- S00168
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.002
Mission
- Mission type
- Human spaceflight
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Vostok3A
- Owner
- OKB-1
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- OKB-1 im. S.P. Korolev
- Platform (bus)
- Vostok
Launch
- Date
- August 6, 1961 · 06:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1961 TAUSuccess
- Rocket
- Vostok 8K72
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 172 km
- Apogee
- 218 km
- Inclination
- 64.87°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- August 7, 1961
- Last known active
- Aug 7, 1961
- End of operations
- Aug 7, 1961
Size
- Mass
- 2,100 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,100 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 4,700 kg
- Length
- 6.5 m
- Diameter
- 2.40 m
- Span
- 6.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q221678 (CC0).