Editing Vostok 1 (section)

===Launch===
[[File:Vostok1.jpg|thumb|Yuri Gagarin aboard Vostok 1, as televised to ground control]]
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* '''06:07 [[UTC]]''' Launch occurred from the [[Baikonur Cosmodrome]] [[Gagarin's Start|Site No.1]]. Korolev radioed, "Preliminary stage..... intermediate..... main..... lift off! We wish you a good flight. Everything is all right." Gagarin replied, "Let's go! (''Poyekhali!'')."<ref>Hall and Shayler, p.150</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Whiting |first=Melanie |date=2018-03-27 |title=Remembering Yuri Gagarin 50 Years Later |url=http://www.nasa.gov/feature/remembering-yuri-gagarin-50-years-later |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=NASA}}</ref>
* '''06:09''' (T+ 119 s) The four strap-on boosters of the Vostok rocket used up the last of their propellant and [[R-7 (rocket family)#Korolev Cross|dropped away from the core vehicle]].
* '''06:10''' (T+ 156 s) The payload shroud covering Vostok 1 was released, uncovering a window at Gagarin's feet, with an optical orientation device {{lang|ru-Latn|Vzor}} (lit. "look" or "glance").
* '''06:12''' (T+ 300 s) The rocket core stage used up its propellant and fell away from the capsule and final rocket stage. The final rocket stage ignited.
* '''06:13''' Gagarin reported, "...the flight is continuing well. I can see the Earth. The visibility is good.... I almost see everything. There's a certain amount of space under cumulus cloud cover. I continue the flight, everything is good."
* '''06:14''' Vostok 1 passed over central Russia. Gagarin reported, "Everything is working very well. All systems are working. Let's keep going!"
* '''06:15''' Three minutes into the burn of the final rocket stage, Gagarin radioed, "{{lang|ru-Latn|Zarya-1, Zarya-1}}, I can't hear you very well. I feel fine. I'm in good spirits. I'm continuing the flight..." Vostok 1 started to move out of radio range of the Baikonur ground station.
* '''06:17''' The rocket final stage shut down and Vostok 1 reached orbit. Ten seconds later the rocket separated from the capsule.