Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
First piloted spaceship. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1961 MU; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 12 April 1961, 06:07:00 UTC
- Launch location
- NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Vostok 8K72
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 12 April 1961
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Vostok
First piloted spaceship.
- GCAT ID
- S00103
- Manufacturer
- OKB-1 im. S.P. Korolev
- Launch mass
- 2,125 kg
- Dimensions
- 6.5 m long · 2.4 m diameter · 6.5 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
2 images from Vostok.
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