«Vostok-1» spacecraft flight path reconstruction

A. S. Gammal, D. A. Tuchin


Abstract: «Vostok-1» spacecraft flight path reconstruction of the during the first human flight into space, performed by Yuri Gagarin, is presented. The reconstruction of the launch vehicle launch trajectory was built, the orbital flight and ballistic descent in the Earth’s atmosphere maneuver were reconstracted. A comparative analysis of previously constructed reconstructions has been carried out.

Keywords: reconstruction, orbit, «Vostok-1».