[FPSPACE] Exact times of announcements of early Vostok missions

[Sven Grahn]

In the map at:

http://www.svengrahn.pp.se/histind/Vostok1/Vostok1X.htm

you can see when the announcementy was made...

Sven


> According to several sources that I've got, there was a Tass broadcast
> starting at 0659 or 0700 UT, while Gagarin was over the Pacific.  In
> addition, it was later revealed that the TV broadcasts from Vostok showing
> Gagarin's face were intercepted by US agencies.
>
> Geoff
>
> 2009/11/4 JAY RESPLER <JRespler at superlink.net>
>
>> James Oberg wrote:
>>
>> In a review I'm preparing of claims made in the latest
>> "Ilyushin was first" Hollywood documentary, I need
>> to confirm some facts I used in 'Red Star in Orbit' (1981)
>> that were based on material in Daniloff's "Kremlin and
>> the Cosmos".
>>
>> specifically, the clock times on April 12, 1961, of the
>> Soviet news announcements regarding the progress of
>> the 'Vostok' flight. The first press annnouncement, according to
>> my data, occurred while Gagarin was still in flight. I want to
>> verify this.
>>
>> That's true. I've mentioned before that based on early hints, I may be
>> the
>> only person to stay up late that night to hear the first reports of his
>> launch. It came about an hour into the flight. 1am EST? I followed
>> flight
>> reports till about 5am when successful  recovery was announced. I only
>> went
>> to bed after I knew he was safe, then got up a few hours later to keep
>> up
>> with the news.
>>
>> --
>> Jay Respler
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