Vostok 6
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Vostok 6 was a 1963 Soviet crewed spaceflight that carried Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, into low Earth orbit.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vostok 6 canonical | 15 |
| Vostok 6 mission | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1855087 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vostok 6 Context triple: [Vostok-K rocket, usedInMission, Vostok 6]
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A.
Vostok 5
Vostok 5 was a 1963 Soviet crewed spaceflight that carried cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky into low Earth orbit as part of the early Vostok program.
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B.
Vostok 4
Vostok 4 was a 1962 Soviet crewed spaceflight that, together with Vostok 3, conducted the first simultaneous multi-spacecraft mission in orbit.
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C.
Vostok 1
Vostok 1 was the Soviet spacecraft that carried Yuri Gagarin on the first human spaceflight, marking humanity’s inaugural journey into outer space in 1961.
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D.
Voskhod spacecraft
The Voskhod spacecraft was a Soviet crewed space capsule that succeeded Vostok and enabled milestones such as the first multi-person crewed mission and the first spacewalk during the early space race.
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E.
Sputnik 2
Sputnik 2 was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1957 that became famous for carrying Laika, the first living creature to orbit the Earth.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vostok 6 Target entity description: Vostok 6 was a 1963 Soviet crewed spaceflight that carried Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, into low Earth orbit.
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A.
Vostok 5
Vostok 5 was a 1963 Soviet crewed spaceflight that carried cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky into low Earth orbit as part of the early Vostok program.
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B.
Vostok 4
Vostok 4 was a 1962 Soviet crewed spaceflight that, together with Vostok 3, conducted the first simultaneous multi-spacecraft mission in orbit.
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C.
Vostok 1
Vostok 1 was the Soviet spacecraft that carried Yuri Gagarin on the first human spaceflight, marking humanity’s inaugural journey into outer space in 1961.
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D.
Voskhod spacecraft
The Voskhod spacecraft was a Soviet crewed space capsule that succeeded Vostok and enabled milestones such as the first multi-person crewed mission and the first spacewalk during the early space race.
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E.
Sputnik 2
Sputnik 2 was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1957 that became famous for carrying Laika, the first living creature to orbit the Earth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Vostok programme mission
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crewed spaceflight ⓘ |
| apoapsis | about 230 km ⓘ |
| backupCrew | Irina Solovyova ⓘ |
| callsign | Chaika ⓘ |
| communicationLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| cosmonautEjectionAltitude | about 7 km ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| crewGender | female ⓘ |
| crewMember | Valentina Tereshkova ⓘ |
| crewRoleOf_Valentina Tereshkova | pilot ⓘ |
| crewSelection | female cosmonaut corps of the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| crewSize | 1 ⓘ |
| distanceTo_Vostok 5_minimum | about 5 km ⓘ |
| firstFlightOf | first spaceflight of Valentina Tereshkova ⓘ |
| guidanceSystem | ground-controlled with limited manual control ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | milestone in human spaceflight and women’s participation in space ⓘ |
| inclination | about 64.9 degrees ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1963-06-19 ⓘ |
| landingMethod | cosmonaut ejected and landed by parachute ⓘ |
| landingSite |
Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
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linked to:
Kazakh SSR
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| launchComplex |
Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1/5
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linked to:
Baikonur Cosmodrome
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| launchDate | 1963-06-16 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Vostok-K rocket ⓘ |
| launchYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| lifeSupport | closed-cycle environmental control system ⓘ |
| missionDuration | approximately 70 hours ⓘ |
| missionObjective |
to conduct biomedical and technical experiments with a female cosmonaut
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to study the effects of spaceflight on the female body ⓘ |
| missionPatch | no official mission patch used ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
carried the first woman in space
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first solo spaceflight by a woman ⓘ |
| operator | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| orbitsCompleted | 48 ⓘ |
| orbitType | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| periapsis | about 180 km ⓘ |
| previousMission | Vostok 5 ⓘ |
| programme | Vostok programme ⓘ |
| publicAnnouncement | announced after successful orbital insertion ⓘ |
| simultaneousFlightWith | Vostok 5 ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | Soviet space program ⓘ |
| spacecraftMass_category | about 4.7 tonnes ⓘ |
| spacecraftReturn | descent module landed separately by parachute ⓘ |
| spacecraftType |
Vostok 3KA
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linked to:
Vostok spacecraft
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| technologyGeneration | early first-generation crewed spacecraft ⓘ |
| trainingLocation |
Star City, Soviet Union
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linked to:
Star City, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Vostok 6 Description of subject: Vostok 6 was a 1963 Soviet crewed spaceflight that carried Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, into low Earth orbit.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Vostok 6