This articleneeds additional citations forverification. Please helpimprove this article byadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Soyuz/Vostok" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(December 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
Thisrocket article containspayload capacity, butdoes not includeorbital altitude orinclination, which greatly affects the capacity. Please helpimprove this article by adding the orbital altitude and inclination for the given payload. (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
| Function | Small-lift launch vehicle |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | OKB-1 |
| Country of origin | Soviet Union |
| Size | |
| Stages | 4 |
| Capacity | |
| Payload toLEO | |
| Mass | 4,500 kg (9,900 lb) |
| Associated rockets | |
| Family | R-7 |
| Launch history | |
| Status | Retired |
| Launch sites | Baikonur,Site 31/6 |
| Total launches | 2 |
| Success(es) | 2 |
| First flight | 27 December 1965 |
| Last flight | 20 July 1966 |
| Carries passengers or cargo | US-A |
| Boosters (First stage) – Block B, V, G & D[a] | |
| No. boosters | 4 |
| Powered by | 1 × RD-107 |
| Maximum thrust | 994.3 kN (223,500 lbf) |
| Total thrust | 3,977.2 kN (894,100 lbf) |
| Specific impulse | 315 s (3.09 km/s) |
| Burn time | 118 seconds |
| Propellant | LOX / RP-1 |
| Second stage (core) – Block A | |
| Powered by | 1 × RD-108 |
| Maximum thrust | 977.7 kN (219,800 lbf) |
| Specific impulse | 315 s (3.09 km/s) |
| Burn time | 292 seconds |
| Propellant | LOX / RP-1 |
| Third stage | |
| Powered by | 1 × RD-0109 |
| Maximum thrust | 54.5 kN (12,300 lbf) |
| Specific impulse | 365 s (3.58 km/s) |
| Burn time | 365 seconds |
| Propellant | LOX / RP-1 |
| Fourth stage – Unknown | |
TheSoyuz/Vostok (GRAU index:11A510) was an interimexpendablecarrier rocket used by theSoviet Union in 1965 and 1966. Two were launched with prototypeUS-A satellites.[1]
The Soyuz/Vostok was launched fromSite 31/6 at theBaikonur Cosmodrome. It consisted of the boosters (first stage) and second stage (core) from aSoyuz rocket combined with the third stage of theVostok-2, and an unknown fourth stage.[1] Along with theVoskhod-derivedPolyot, it was built as an interim between the cancellation of theUR-200 development programme, and the introduction of theTsyklon-2, which took over US-A launches once it entered service.