Vostok 8K72 | Korabl'-Sputnik-2

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Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Test Flight

Low Earth Orbit 1/5 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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.

Vostok 8K72

Family: Vostok
Configuration: 8K72

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 T
  • Thrust
    3873 kN
Family
  • Name
    Vostok 8K72
  • Family
    Vostok
  • Variant
    8K72
  • Alias
    ―
  • Full Name
    Vostok 8K72
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    ―
  • Low Earth Orbit
    4550 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    ―
  • Direct Geostationary
    ―
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    ―

Vostok-1K No.2

In-active Human Rated Unmanned Crew Capacity: 1 Payload Capacity: 4725 kg
Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Serial Number: Vostok-1K No.2

Vostok spacecraft used for test flights before the first human spaceflight.

Vostok Details

RKK Energiya

RKK Energiya

(RSC)

Successes: 135 Failures: 6 Pending: 0

Agency Type: Commercial

INFO WIKI

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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