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1963 Press Photo Vostok V orbital path

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Caption: June 14 - Orbital Path of Vostok V - Diagram shows the orbital path that Lt. Col. Valeri Fedorovich Bykovsky, Russia's fifth cosmonaut, was reported traveling in his space craft that was launched today. He was said to be circling at a 65 degree angle to the equator, with an apogee of 146 miles and a perigee of 112 miles.

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