Vostok 1

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Vostok 1 was the Soviet spacecraft that carried Yuri Gagarin on the first human spaceflight, marking humanity’s inaugural journey into outer space in 1961.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crewed spacecraft
space mission
apogeeAltitudeKm approx 327
chiefDesigner Sergei Korolev
commander Yuri Gagarin
commemoratedBy International Day of Human Space Flight
commemoratedOn April 12 each year
cosmonautEjectionAltitudeKm approx 7
approx 8
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
crewCallsSign Kedr
crewHabitat Vostok descent module
crewMember Yuri Gagarin
crewSize 1
firstHumanInSpace Yuri Gagarin
followedBy Vostok 5
surface form: Vostok 2
guidanceControl largely automated flight control
historicalSignificance major milestone in the Space Race
marked humanity’s first journey into outer space
inclinationDegrees approx 64.95
landingDate 1961-04-12
landingMethod cosmonaut ejected and landed by parachute
landingNear Engels, Saratov Oblast
landingRegion Saratov Oblast
surface form: Saratov Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
languageOfCommunications Russian
launchDate 1961-04-12
launchRocket Vostok-K rocket
surface form: Vostok-K 8K72K
launchSite Baikonur Cosmodrome
surface form: Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1

Gagarin's Start
surface form: Gagarin’s Start
launchTimeUTC 06:07:00
launchYear 1961
lifeSupport closed-cycle environmental control system
manualControlUnlockCodeHolder Yuri Gagarin
missionDuration approx 108 minutes
missionOutcome success
missionType crewed orbital spaceflight
notableFor first human spaceflight in history
first human to orbit Earth
operator Soviet space program
orbitalPeriodMinutes approx 89
orbitsCompleted 1
orbitType low Earth orbit
perigeeAltitudeKm approx 169
precededBy Korabl-Sputnik test flights
program Vostok programme
surface form: Vostok program
spacecraftLandingMethod separate descent module
spacecraftManufacturer OKB-1
spacecraftType Vostok spacecraft
status completed

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Yuri Gagarin spaceMission Vostok 1
Yuri Gagarin spacecraft Vostok 1
this entity surface form: Vostok 3KA-3
Sergei Korolev notableWork Vostok 1
this entity surface form: Vostok spacecraft
Klushino, Smolensk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union associatedWith Vostok 1
this entity surface form: Vostok 1 (indirectly, via Gagarin)
Baikonur Cosmodrome significantEvent Vostok 1
this entity surface form: Vostok 1 mission
Baikonur Cosmodrome launched Vostok 1
Space Age symbolizedBy Vostok 1
this entity surface form: Yuri Gagarin’s first human spaceflight
Space Age significantEvent Vostok 1
this entity surface form: Vostok 1 mission
International Day of Human Space Flight commemorates Vostok 1
this entity surface form: Vostok 1 mission
Vostok-K rocket notableLaunch Vostok 1
Vostok-K rocket carried Vostok 1
this entity surface form: Vostok 1 spacecraft
Vostok-K rocket usedInMission Vostok 1
Space Race significantEvent Vostok 1
this entity surface form: Vostok 1 mission
Soviet space program launched Vostok 1
R-7 Semyorka rocket launchOf Vostok 1
subject surface form: R-7 Semyorka
Gagarin's Start notableLaunch Vostok 1
Gagarin family spaceMission Vostok 1
subject surface form: Yuri Gagarin
RD-107 usedForMission Vostok 1
8K72K notablePayload Vostok 1
8K72K firstCrewedFlight Vostok 1
Engels, Saratov Oblast associatedWithEvent Vostok 1
this entity surface form: Vostok 1 landing
Kedr usedDuring Vostok 1
Kedr refersTo Vostok 1
this entity surface form: Yuri Gagarin’s Vostok 1 spacecraft
Kedr callSignHolder Vostok 1
this entity surface form: Vostok 1 spacecraft
Semyorka launched Vostok 1
Semyorka means “the seven” in Russian launched Vostok 1
subject surface form: Semyorka