1963 · Soviet Space Program
Vostok 5
successVostok-K | Vostok 5
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.
Overview
- Date / time
- June 14, 1963 at 11:58 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- 1/5
- Mission
- Vostok 5
- Mission type
- Human Exploration
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit