Vostok

In-active Human Rated Capsule Crew Capacity: 1 Payload Capacity: 4725 kg Diameter: 2.43 m Height: 4.55 m

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May 15, 1960

Human spaceflight in LEO.

Flight Life

Longest flight was 4 days.

Description

The Vostok-3KA consisted of a spherical descent module, which housed the cosmonaut, instruments and escape system, and a conical instrument module, which contained propellant and the engine system. On reentry, the cosmonaut would eject from the craft at about 7,000 m (23,000 ft) and descend via parachute, while the capsule would land separately. The reason for this was that the Vostok descent module made an extremely rough landing that could have left a cosmonaut seriously injured.

History

The Vostok (Russian: Восток, translated as "East") was a type of spacecraft built by the Soviet Union. The spacecraft was part of the Vostok programme, in which six manned spaceflights were made, from 1961–63.



Long March 6A
Success
13 hours, 11 minutes ago
TJSW-27A & B
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Long March 7A
Success
1 day, 2 hours ago
Tianlian 3-01
201 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

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Falcon 9
Success
4 days, 22 hours ago
Starlink Group 17-51
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A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Starship
Success
5 days, 15 hours ago
Flight 13
Orbital Launch Pad 2 - SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA

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Kinetica 1
Success
6 days, 14 hours ago
5 satellites
Launch Area 130 - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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Long March 3B/E
Success
1 week ago
Tianlian 2-06
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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Gravity-1
Success
1 week, 1 day ago
9 satellites
Yellow Sea (launch location 5) - Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

Carried 9 satellites on a share-ride to sun-synchronous orbit. Details TBD.


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 1 day ago
MRV-1
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 1 day ago
Starlink Group 17-39
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Soyuz 2.1b
Success
1 week, 3 days ago
16 x Rassvet-3
43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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