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Spacecraft "Vostok-5"


BRIEFLY ABOUT SPACECRAFT
Registration number 1963-020A / 00591
Time and date of launch (UT) 11h.58m.    June 14, 1963
Launch site Baikonur, LC 1
Launch vehicle Vostok-K
Spacecraft mass (kg) 4720
Orbital parameters:
   - inclination (degrees) 64.96
   - period (minutes) 88.27
   - perigee (km) 174.7
   - apogee (km) 222.1
Time and date of cosmonaut's landing (UT) 11h.06m.    June 19, 1963
Place of landing 540 km NW of Karaganda (53.4 N; 67.63 E)
Duration for cosmonaut 4d.23h.07m.
Distance (km) 3.326 million
Number of revolutions around Earth 81
Summary Collective but separate fly with "Vostok-6" .



CREW
Ord.
num.
Status Main Backup Reserved
1 Plt Bykovsky, Valeri Fyodorovich Volynov, Boris Valentinovich Leonov, Aleksey Arkhipovich
Call sign Yastreb (Hawk)


TIMELINE
Date Time (UT) Spaceship's revo-
lution number
Explanation
Jun 14, 1963 11:58:59 1 Lift-off spacecraft "Vostok-5"   (crew: Bykovsky ).
Jun 16, 1963 09:29:51 1 Lift-off spacecraft "Vostok-6"   (crew: Tereshkova ).
Jun 19, 1963 ? 48 Deorbit burn of spacecraft "Vostok-6"   (crew: Tereshkova ).
Jun 19, 1963 08:11 48 Landing of spacecraft "Vostok-6"   (without cosmonaut).
Jun 19, 1963 08:20 49 Landing of Tereshkova.
Jun 19, 1963 ? 81 Deorbit burn of spacecraft "Vostok-5"   (crew: Bykovsky ).
Jun 19, 1963 10:56 81 Landing of spacecraft "Vostok-5"   (without cosmonaut).
Jun 19, 1963 11:06 82 Landing of Bykovsky.

Sources:
  Mission Control Center (TsUP) from 2007
  CBS News
  Spaceflight now
  Alexander Zheleznyakov
  journal "Novosti Kosmonavtiki" ("News of Cosmonautics") from 1993 till our time
  journal "Kosmonavtika, astronomiya" ("Cosmonautics, astronomy") 1983-1991 years
  book "Evolution of vehicle-creating and cosmonautics in the USSR" by Valentin P. Glushko, Moscow, 1987
  Jonathan's Space Report
  and many other people and editions
  


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