Launch Overview
Vehicle
Vostok 8K72
Agency
Soviet Space Program
Site / Pad
NIIP-5 / LC1
Outcome
Success
Flight
E103-24
COSPAR Designator
1963-020
Mission
Vostok 5 (Human Exploration)
Vostok 5 was a joint mission with Vostok 6 which launched two days after Vostok 5. The capsule was piloted by Cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky. The mission was intended to last 8 days, but the capsule returned to Earth just after 5 due to a lower then intended orbit and solar flare activity. The mission began on 14 June 1963, 11:58:58 UTC and ended on 19 June 1963, 11:06 UTC.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
Vostok-K
Provider
Soviet Space Program
Agency launches
61 (12 YTD)
Site launches
49 (8 YTD)
Pad launches
49 (8 YTD)