Information in a nutshell:
| Registration No. |
1961-Mu-1 / 00103 |
| Launch date & time |
06h.07m. 12.04.1961 |
| Launch place |
Baikonur 1 |
| Rocket carrier |
Vostok-Ê |
| Weight (kg.) |
4725 |
| Orbiting data: |
|
| - inclination (degrees) |
64.95 |
| - rotational speed (min.) |
89.34 |
| - perigee (km.) |
181 |
| - apogee (km.) |
327 |
| Landing date & time |
07h.55m. 12.04.1961 |
| Landing site |
Ê ñåâ.-çàï. îò
äåð. Ñìåëîâêà
Ñàðàòîâñêîé
îáë. |
| Flight length |
0ñ.01h.48m. |
| Flight distance (km.) |
41.000 |
| Circled around the Earth |
1 |
| Flight crew (on launch) |
(Gagarin Yury Alekseyevich) |
| Flight call |
Kedr |
| Reserved crew |
(Titov German Stepanovich) |
| Supporting crew |
(Nelyubov Grigory Grogor'yevich) |
| Fligh crew (on landing)) |
(Gagarin Yury Alekseyevich) |
| Mission highlights |
1st man in space flight |