Vostok-2M (8A92M) Launch Vehicle
Vostok-2M (8A92M) was a three-stage Soviet orbital launch vehicle in the R-7 lineage, used from 1964 through 1991. Developed as a specialized successor to Vostok-2, it placed Meteor weather, Tselina-D signals-intelligence, Resurs Earth-observation, Interkosmos, and Indian IRS spacecraft into high-inclination and Sun-synchronous orbits.
Identity
- Aliases
- Vostok 8A92M8A92MVostok-MVostok-M 8A92M
- Family Name
- Vostok-2M
- Full Name
- Vostok-2M (8A92M) Launch Vehicle
- Reusability
- expendable
- Slug
- vostok-2m-8a92m-launch-vehicle
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
Details
- Description
- Vostok-2M (8A92M) was a three-stage Soviet orbital launch vehicle in the R-7 lineage, used from 1964 through 1991. Developed as a specialized successor to Vostok-2, it placed Meteor weather, Tselina-D signals-intelligence, Resurs Earth-observation, Interkosmos, and Indian IRS spacecraft into high-inclination and Sun-synchronous orbits.
- Diameter M
- 2.95
- First Flight Year
- 1,964
- Height M
- 38.8
- Last Flight Year
- 1,991
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 283,100
- Operator
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Stages Count
- 3
- Strap On Boosters Count
- 4
Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostok-2M
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 18, 2026 at 21:57:24 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 18, 2026 at 23:25:16 UTC