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Vostok 1
Crew
Gagarin
12 April 1961
06:07 GMT.
Duration
: 0.07 days.
Call Sign
: Kedr (Cedar ).
Backup Crew:
Titov
,
Nelyubov
.
Nation
: USSR.
Launch Site
:
Baikonur
.
Launch Complex
: LC1.
Launch Vehicle
:
Vostok 8K72K
.
LV Configuration
: Vostok 8K72K s/n E103-16. Program:
Vostok
. Class:
Manned
.
Type
: Spacecraft.
Spacecraft
:
Vostok 3KA
.
Payload
: Vostok 3KA s/n 3.
Mass
: 4,725 kg.
Location of Spacecraft
: RKK Energia Museum, Korolev, Russia.
Perigee
: 169 km.
Apogee
: 315 km.
Inclination
: 65.0 deg.
Period
: 89.3 min. References:
1
,
2
,
5
,
6
,
32
,
33
,
60
,
175
,
445
.
Vostok 1 Capsule
- Vostok 1 Capsule after landing.
Credit: RKK Energia. 12,244 bytes. 321 x 321 pixels.
