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Vostok-L 8K72

In-active

Energia (OKB-1)

Sept. 23, 1958

Description

The Vostok-L was a rocket used by the Soviet Union to conduct several early tests of the Vostok spacecraft

Specifications

Stages
2
Length
30.84 m
Diameter
2.6 m
Fairing Diameter
2.6 m
Launch Mass
277.0 T
Thrust
3956.0 kN

Family

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

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
4000.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
―
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
―

Energia

Government

None

OKB-1 1946

None

Previous Flights

flew on nine previous launch(es).

Vostok-L 8K72 | Luna-4b

Energia | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 16, 1960, 4:07 p.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

Luna 1960B was the third Soviet attempt to photograph the far side of the Moon, the first being the highly successful Luna 3 mission and the second being the unsuccessful Luna 1960A. Luna 1960B was launched on April 16, 1960. It was designed to replicate the Luna 3 mission, but with higher resolution cameras and a closer approach to the Moon.

Lunar flyby

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Vostok-L 8K72 | Luna-4a

Energia | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 15, 1960, 3:06 p.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

Luna 1960A was the second Soviet attempt to photograph the far side of the Moon. The first being the highly successful Luna 3 mission. Luna 1960A was designed to replicate the Luna 3 mission, but with higher resolution cameras and a closer approach to the Moon.

Lunar flyby

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Vostok-L 8K72 | Luna-3

Energia | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 4, 1959, 12:43 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Luna 3 was a Soviet spacecraft and was the first ever mission to photograph the far side of the moon.

Lunar flyby

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Vostok-L 8K72 | Luna-2

Energia | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 12, 1959, 6:39 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Luna 2 successfully impacted the Moon's surface making it the first spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon and the first human-made object to make contact with another celestial body.

Lunar Impactor

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Vostok-L 8K72 | Luna-2a

Energia | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 18, 1959, 8:08 a.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

Luna E-1 number 5 was a Soviet spacecraft intended to impact the moon but was lost in a launch failure.

Lunar Impactor

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Vostok-L 8K72 | Luna-1

Energia | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 2, 1959, 4:41 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Luna 1 was the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Earth's Moon. Intended to be an impactor it was launched as part of the Soviet Luna programme. Due to an incorrectly timed upper stage burn during launch it missed the Moon.

Lunar Impactor

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Vostok-L 8K72 | Luna-1c

Energia | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 4, 1958, 6:18 p.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

Luna E-1 number 3 was a Soviet spacecraft intended to impact the moon but was lost in a launch failure.

Lunar Impactor

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Vostok-L 8K72 | Luna-1b

Energia | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 11, 1958, 9:41 p.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

Luna E-1 number 2 was a Soviet spacecraft intended to impact the moon, however, was lost in a launch failure.

Lunar Impactor

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Vostok-L 8K72 | Luna-1a

Energia | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 23, 1958, 7:40 a.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

Luna E-1 number 1 was a Soviet spacecraft intended to impact the moon, however, was lost in a launch failure.

Lunar Impactor

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