Last update:  2025-06-07
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Vostok K

StatusRetired
Rocket familyR7
CountrySoviet Union
ManufacturerOKB-1
Number of orbital launches13
First launch1960-12-22
Last launch1964-07-10


Launches by year:



Launches:

Launch dateLaunch siteRocket / VariantPayloadNotesStatus
1964-07-10BaikonurVostok K 8K72KElektron 3 / Elektron 4success
1964-01-30BaikonurVostok K 8K72KElektron 1 / Elektron 2success
1963-06-16BaikonurVostok K 8K72KVostok 6 (Vostok-3KA #8)Msuccess
1963-06-14BaikonurVostok K 8K72KVostok 5 (Vostok-3KA #7)Msuccess
1962-08-12BaikonurVostok K 8K72KVostok 4 (Vostok-3KA #6)Msuccess
1962-08-11BaikonurVostok K 8K72KVostok 3 (Vostok-3KA #5)Msuccess
1962-04-26BaikonurVostok K 8K72KKosmos 4 (Sputnik 14) (Zenit-2 #2)success
1961-12-11BaikonurVostok K 8K72KZenit-2 #1failure
RO-7 engine of block E upper stage cutoff prematurely. Spacecraft liquidated by self destruct system APO in 407th second of flight. Debris landed 100 km north of Vilyuisk.
1961-08-06BaikonurVostok K 8K72KVostok 2 (Vostok-3KA #4)Msuccess
1961-04-12BaikonurVostok K 8K72KVostok 1 (Vostok-3KA #3)Msuccess
First manned orbital launch with Yuri Gagarin onboard.
1961-03-25BaikonurVostok K 8K72KKorabl-Sputnik 5 (Sputnik 10, Vostok-3KA #2)success
1961-03-09BaikonurVostok K 8K72KKorabl-Sputnik 4 (Sputnik 9, Vostok-3KA #1)success
1960-12-22BaikonurVostok K 8K72KVostok-1K #4failure
The third stage engine RO-7 failed just after ignifition

Variants:

(This section is under construction)

Vostok K

Mass281.38 t
Height30.84 m
Payload capacity:
LEO4730 kg to 200 km / 65 deg
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