 The Vostok 6 capsule in a museum display (2016) | |
| Operator | Soviet space program |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1963-023A |
| SATCAT no. | 595 |
| Mission duration | 2 days, 22 hours, 50 minutes |
| Orbits completed | 48 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Vostok-3KA No.8 |
| Manufacturer | Experimental Design Bureau OKB-1 |
| Launch mass | 4,713 kilograms (10,390 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 1 |
| Members | Valentina Tereshkova |
| Callsign | Чайка (Chayka - "Seagull")[1] |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 16 June 1963, 09:29:52 UTC |
| Rocket | Vostok-K 8K72K |
| Launch site | Baikonur 1/5[2] |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 19 June 1963, 08:20 UTC |
| Landing site | 53°12′34″N 80°48′14″E / 53.209375°N 80.80395°E[3] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Eccentricity | 0.00365 |
| Perigee altitude | 164 kilometres (102 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 212 kilometres (132 mi) |
| Inclination | 65.09 degrees |
| Period | 88.25 minutes |
| Epoch | 16 June 1963, 05:36:00 UTC[4] |
 Valentina Tereshkova, first female cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union, 1969. | |
Vostok 6 (Russian: Восток-6, Orient 6 or East 6) was the first human spaceflight to carry a woman, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, into space.[5]
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