Vostok 5 - Longest solo orbital flight
06/14/1963 AD launched
Vostok 5 was a joint mission of the Soviet space program together with Vostok 6; as with the previous pair of Vostok 3 and Vostok 4 the two Vostok spacecraft came close to one another in orbit and established a radio link.
Vostok 5 launched on 14 June, and returned to Earth on 19 June, and was piloted by Valery Bykovsky.
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Lattitude: 45.965° N
Longitude: 63.305° E
Region: Russia and Eastern Bloc
Modern Day Kazakhstan
Lattitude: 45.965° N
Longitude: 63.305° E
Region: Russia and Eastern Bloc

Modern Day Kazakhstan
Subjects Who or What launched?
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Soviet Union (USSR) The Union of Soviet ...
Objects To Whom or What was launched?
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Vostok (Восток) The Vostok programme...
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