The Soviet Kosmos 5 satellite is launched.

Kosmos 5

Kosmos 5, also known as 2MS #2 and occasionally in the West as Sputnik 15 was a scientific research and technology demonstration satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1962. It was the fifth satellite to be designated under the Kosmos system, and the third spacecraft to be…

May 28

Day of the year

May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 217 days remain until the end of the year.