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Vostok 2

Aug 6, 1961, 6:00 AM UTC · Launch Successful

Mission stages

1 linked record

The source has not linked another mission stage.

Previous recorded flight of the same rocket configuration: Vostok 1, Apr 12, 1961, 6:07 AM UTC.

Published flight records. A dash means the source has not supplied a value.
Field	Previous flight	This flight
Mission	Vostok 1	Vostok 2Different
Purpose	Human Exploration	Human Exploration
Orbit	Low Earth Orbit	Low Earth Orbit
Launch site	Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan	Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Vehicle	Vostok-K	Vostok-K
Spacecraft	Vostok-3KA No.3	Vostok-3KA No.4Different
Booster	—	—

spacecraft

1 linked mission records

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