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Mission Brief
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.
PayloadVostok 5
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
CustomerVostok
Stages0
Pad1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission Timeline
14 / 14100%Site lock
Launch Site
1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
45.920°N, 63.342°E
Schedule History
No delays or schedule changes recorded.
