Vostok-K 8K72K Launch Vehicle
Vostok-K was a three-stage R-7-derived launch vehicle developed to orbit the heavy Vostok spacecraft. It launched the six crewed Vostok missions from Yuri Gagarin's first human spaceflight in 1961 through Valentina Tereshkova's Vostok 6 in 1963, as well as uncrewed spacecraft tests and early Zenit reconnaissance satellites.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Vostok 8K72KVostok-K rocket8K72K
- Family Name
- Vostok-K
- Full Name
- Vostok-K 8K72K Launch Vehicle
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
Details
- Description
- Vostok-K was a three-stage R-7-derived launch vehicle developed to orbit the heavy Vostok spacecraft. It launched the six crewed Vostok missions from Yuri Gagarin's first human spaceflight in 1961 through Valentina Tereshkova's Vostok 6 in 1963, as well as uncrewed spacecraft tests and early Zenit reconnaissance satellites.
- First Flight Year
- 1,960
- Last Flight Year
- 1,964
- Operator
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Count
- 4
- Placement
- booster
- Propulsion System
- Role
- booster
- Count
- 1
- Placement
- core
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Count
- 1
- Placement
- upper
- Propulsion System
- Role
- upper-stage
- Rocket Specs
- Reusability
- expendable
- Stages Count
- 3
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- Creation Time
- July 13, 2026 at 13:45:33 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 15:43:00 UTC
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