Vostok 6
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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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Operator | Soviet space program |
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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 (1963-06-16UTC09:29:52Z) UTC |
Rocket | Vostok-K 8K72K |
Launch site | Baikonur 1/5[2] |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 19 June 1963, 08:20 (1963-06-19UTC08:21Z) UTC |
Landing site | 53.209375°N 80.80395°E / 53.209375; 80.80395[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 program Crewed flights |
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