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.
Identity
- Aliases
- Vostok 8K72KVostok-K rocket8K72K
- Family Name
- Vostok-K
- Full Name
- Vostok-K 8K72K Launch Vehicle
- Reusability
- expendable
- Slug
- 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.
- Engines
- Count
- 4
- Name
- RD-107
- Placement
- booster
- Count
- 1
- Name
- RD-108
- Placement
- core
- Count
- 1
- Name
- RD-0109
- Placement
- upper
- First Flight Year
- 1,960
- Last Flight Year
- 1,964
- Parent Vehicle Family Id
- nd7kfqk628fe57tas04e2tf92585jbdy
- Stages Count
- 3
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- Creation Time
- 7/13/2026, 1:45:33 PM
- Updated Time
- 7/13/2026, 1:45:33 PM