Vostok
Description
Vostok (Russian: Восток, translated as "East") was a family of rockets derived from the Soviet R-7 Semyorka ICBM and was designed for the human spaceflight program. This family of rockets launched the first artificial satellite (Sputnik 1) and the first crewed spacecraft (Vostok) in human history. It was a subset of the R-7 family of rockets.
Missions
26
Success Rate
63.5%
Successes
16
Failures
9
Success Streak
7
Partial Failures
1
Previous
July 10, 1964
Elektron 3 & 4
Vostok | RVSN USSR
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
January 30, 1964
Elektron 1 & 2
Vostok | RVSN USSR
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Configurations
Retired
Vostok
Active 1958 to 1964
Rocket
Height: 38.36m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 4,730 kg
GTO: 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust
4,570 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 2.58m
Height: 6.74m
Stages
3
Strap-ons
4