 Model of the Vostok capsule with its upper stage | |
| Operator | Soviet space program |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1963-020A |
| SATCAT no. | 591 |
| Mission duration | 4 days, 23 hours, 7 minutes |
| Orbits completed | 82 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Vostok-3KA No.7 |
| Manufacturer | Experimental Design Bureau OKB-1 |
| Launch mass | 4,720 kilograms (10,410 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 1 |
| Members | Valery Bykovsky |
| Callsign | Ястреб (Yastreb - "Hawk")[1] |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 14 June 1963, 11:58:58 UTC |
| Rocket | Vostok-K 8K72K |
| Launch site | Baikonur 1/5[2] |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 19 June 1963, 11:06 UTC |
| Landing site | 53°23′52″N 67°36′18″E / 53.39777°N 67.60500°E[3] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Eccentricity | 0.00358 |
| Perigee altitude | 162 kilometres (101 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 209 kilometres (130 mi) |
| Inclination | 65 degrees |
| Period | 88.4 minutes |
| Epoch | 15 June 1963, 08:00:00 UTC[4] |
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Vostok 5 (Russian: Восток-5, Orient 5 or East 5) was a joint mission of the Soviet space program together with Vostok 6; as with the previous pair of Vostok 3 and Vostok 4 the two Vostok spacecraft came close to one another in orbit and established a radio link.
Vostok 5 launched on 14 June 1963, and returned to Earth on 19 June, and was piloted by Valery Bykovsky.
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