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Vostok 5

Space mission of soviet Vostok program. Vostok 5 was launched on June 14, 1963 aboard a Vostok 8K72 from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Jun 19, 1963).

COSPAR 1963-020ANORAD 591Soviet Union

Identity

Name in GCAT
Vostok-5
Common name
Vostok 5
Payload designation
Vostok-3A No. 7
Other names
3KA No. 7:RA2
International designator
1963-020A
NORAD catalog number
591
GCAT identifier
S00591
UN registration
A/AC.105/INF.039

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
June 14, 1963 · 11:58 UTC
Launch record
1963-020Success
Spaceport
Baikonur · pad LC1

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
158 km
Apogee
164 km
Inclination
64.92°
Status
Landed
Status date
June 19, 1963
Last known active
Jun 19, 1963
End of operations
Jun 19, 1963

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 Q257797 (CC0).