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  2. Vostok (spacecraft) - Wikipedia

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    The first flight of a Vostok 3KA occurred on March 9, 1961. The first flight with a crew—Vostok 1 carrying Yuri Gagarin—took place on April 12, 1961. The last flight—Vostok 6 carrying the first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova—took place on June 16, 1963. A total of 8 Vostok 3KA spacecraft were flown, 6 of them with a human crew.

  3. Vostok 1 - Wikipedia

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    Vostok 1 (Russian: Восток, East or Orient) was the first spaceflight of the Vostok programme and the first human orbital spaceflight in history. The Vostok 3KA space capsule was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 12 April 1961, with Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin aboard, making him the first human to reach orbital velocity around the Earth and to complete a full orbit around the Earth.

  4. Comparison of orbital launcher families - Wikipedia

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    The article is organized into two tables: the first contains a list of currently active and under-development launcher families, while the second contains a list of retired launcher families. The related article " Comparison of orbital launch systems " lists each individual launcher system within any given launcher family, categorized by its ...

  5. Vostok (rocket family) - Wikipedia

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    Vostok (Russian: Восток, translated as "East") was a family of rockets derived from the Soviet R-7 Semyorka ICBM and was designed for the human spaceflight programme. This family of rockets launched the first artificial satellite ( Sputnik 1 ) and the first crewed spacecraft ( Vostok ) in human history.

  6. Vostok programme - Wikipedia

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    The re-entry module of the Korabl-Sputnik 5 spacecraft, also called Vostok 3KA-2, was auctioned at Sotheby's on April 12, 2011, the 50th anniversary of the first human spaceflight, Vostok 1. Evgeny Yurchenko, a Russian investment banker, paid $2,882,500 for the capsule.

  7. Comparison of satellite buses - Wikipedia

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    1.65 kg 3 kg 0.194 [13] 23: Operational 2007 2012 LEO; CubeSat GOMX [14] Denmark: GomSpace: 1.50 kg 3 kg 1: Operational 2013 2013 LEO; DFH-3: China: China Academy of Space Technology: 230 kg – 450 kg 2,320 kg – 3,800 kg 47: Operational 1994 2020 DFH-4: China: China Academy of Space Technology: 800 kg – 1,000 kg 5,100 kg – 5,300 kg 41 ...

  8. Comparison of crewed space vehicles - Wikipedia

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    OKB-1: LEO: Voskhod: 3 [note 8] 5: 2.4: 5,682 Batteries Parachute landing 1964 (1964) 1965: 2 (3) Vostok Soviet Union: OKB-1: LEO first: Vostok-K: 1: 4.4: 2.43: 4,725: Batteries Parachute landing 1961 (1960) 1963: 6 (7) [note 9] Soyuz 7K-OK Soviet Union: OKB-1: LEO: Soyuz: 3: 7.48: 2.72: 6,560 Solar panels Parachute landing 1967 (1966) 1970: 8 ...

  9. Costliest cities in the world - Wikipedia

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    The list has been created based on the Worldwide Cost of Living data set. The data set comprises 400 individual prices of 160 products and services across 130 cities in 90 countries. Data set was created covering a wide range of products including food and beverage to household supplies, personal care items to clothing.