Previous Spaceflight Launches
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Kosmos-2I 63S1 | Sputnik 18
Strategic Rocket Forces | RussiaKapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Aug. 18, 1962, 3 p.m.
Vostok-K | Vostok 4
Soviet Space Program | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 12, 1962, 8:02 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Vostok 4 was launched a day after Vostok 3 and it carried cosmonaut Pavel Popovich to orbit. While the mission is considered a success it had several issues, a malfunction in the life-support systems caused the cabin temp drop to 10C but Popovich continued the mission, the big issue came when he mentioned seeing thunderstorms. He saw actual thunderstorms in the Gulf of Mexico but mission control thought Popovich had said a codeword for early mission ending and the mission was cut a day short. He completed 48 orbits and the mission lasted 2 days, 22 hours & 56 minutes.
Low Earth OrbitVostok-K | Vostok 3
Soviet Space Program | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 11, 1962, 8:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Vostok 3's mission goal was to test human body's ability to function in weightlessness and to test the Vostok 3KA spacecraft for longer flights. They also tested craft-to-craft communications by launching Vostok 4 a day after Vostok 3. Their trajectories brought them approximately 6.5 km from each other and cosmonauts were able to communicate via radio. This also marked the first time more than one crewed craft was orbiting earth at the same time. The spacecraft carried cosmonaut Andriyan Nikolayev to orbit where he orbited Earth 64 times before reentering. The mission lasted for 3 days 22 hours & 28 minutes.
Low Earth Orbit
Atlas Agena B | Samos-E6 4
United States Air Force | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 5, 1962, 5:58 p.m.
Thor Agena D | KH-4 10
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 2, 1962, 12:17 a.m.
Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 4
RKK Energiya | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 28, 1962, 9:18 a.m.
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-4 9
United States Air Force | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 28, 1962, 12:30 a.m.
Atlas Agena B | Mariner 1
United States Air Force | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 22, 1962, 9:21 a.m.
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-4 8
United States Air Force | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 21, 1962, 12:56 a.m.
Atlas Agena B | Samos-E6 3
United States Air Force | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 18, 1962, 8:51 p.m.
