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Vostok 8K72

In-active

RKK Energiya (RSC)

May 15, 1960

Description

Vostok was a family of rockets derived from the Soviet R-7 Semyorka ICBM and was designed for the human spaceflight programme.

Specifications

Stages
2
Length
30.84 m
Diameter
2.99 m
Fairing Diameter
2.99 m
Launch Mass
281.0 T
Thrust
3873.0 kN

Family

Name
Vostok 8K72
Family
―
Variant
8K72
Alias
―
Full Name
Vostok 8K72

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
―
Low Earth Orbit
4550.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
―
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
―

RKK Energiya

Commercial

None

RSC

Previous Flights

flew on four previous launch(es).

Vostok 8K72 | Korabl'-Sputnik-3

RKK Energiya | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 1, 1960, 7:30 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Another test of the Vostok capsule which had a successful flight into orbit but during re-entry the engine failed to cut off and burned to completion resulting in an incorrect entry trajectory. The vehicle was destroyed in order to ensure the vehicle didn't fall into enemy hands.

Low Earth Orbit

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Vostok 8K72 | Korabl'-Sputnik-2

RKK Energiya | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 19, 1960, 8:44 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

A test of the Vostok capsule which carried dogs Belka and Stelka (amonst other animals) the flight was successful and all animals were recovered successfully.

Low Earth Orbit

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Vostok 8K72 | Korabl-Sputnik (2)

RKK Energiya | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 28, 1960, 9:31 a.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

A test of the Vostok capsule carrying a pair of dogs. Unfortunately this failed after a failure of the booster.

Low Earth Orbit

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Vostok 8K72 | Korabl'-Sputnik-1

RKK Energiya | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 15, 1960, midnight

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Korabl-Sputnik was the first test flight of the Vostok programme and the first Vostok spacecraft.

Low Earth Orbit

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