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Voskhod (rocket)
Russian rocket
Russian rocket
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| name | Voskhod (R-7 11A57) | |
| image | Voskhod Rocket.png | |
| caption | Voskhod rocket | |
| upright | 0.4 | |
| function | Medium-lift launch vehicle | |
| manufacturer | OKB-1 | |
| country-origin | Soviet Union | |
| height | 30.84 m | |
| diameter | 2.99 m | |
| mass | 298400 kg | |
| stages | 3 | |
| capacities | {{Infobox rocket/payload | |
| location | LEO | |
| kilos | 5900 kg | |
| family | R-7 | |
| status | Retired | |
| sites | {{Indented plainlist | |
| first | 16 November 1963 | |
| last | 29 June 1976 | |
| launches | 300 | |
| success | 287 | |
| fail | 13 | |
| payloads | Voskhod spacecraft | |
| Zenit (satellite) | ||
| stagedata | {{Infobox rocket/stage | |
| type | booster | |
| diff | First stage | |
| name | Block B, V, G & D | |
| number | 4 | |
| engines | 1×RD-107 | |
| thrust | 995.4 kN | |
| total | {{#expr:995.4*4}} kN | |
| SI | 257 isp | |
| burntime | 119 seconds | |
| fuel | LOX/RP-1 | |
| stageno | Second | |
| type | stage | |
| diff | core | |
| name | Block A | |
| engines | 1×RD-108 | |
| thrust | 941 kN | |
| SI | 248 isp | |
| burntime | 301 seconds | |
| fuel | LOX/RP-1 | |
| stageno | Third | |
| type | stage | |
| name | Block I | |
| engines | 1×RD-0107 | |
| thrust | 294 kN | |
| SI | 330 isp | |
| burntime | 240 seconds | |
| fuel | LOX/RP-1 |
|country-origin = Soviet Union
- Baikonur, Sites 1/5 & 31/6
- Plesetsk, Site 41/1 Zenit (satellite)
The Voskhod rocket () was Soviet medium-lift launch vehicle, a derivative of the R-7, an ICBM. The Voskhod rocket was designed for the human spaceflight programme but later used for launching Zenit reconnaissance satellites. It was essentially an 8K78/8K78M minus the Blok L stage and spec-wise was a halfway between the two boosters, with the former's older, lower-spec engines and the latter's improved Blok I design. Its first flight was on 16 November 1963 when it successfully launched a Zenit satellite from LC-1/5 at Baikonur. Boosters used in the Voskhod program had a man-rated version of the RD-0107 engine; this version was known as the RD-0108.
Starting in 1966, the 11A57 adopted the standardized 11A511 core with the more powerful 8D74M first stage engines, however the Blok I stage continued using the RD-0107 engine rather than the RD-0110. Around 300 were flown from Baikonur and Plesetsk through 1976, almost all of them used to launch Zenit reconnaissance satellites (one exception was the Intercosmos 6 satellite in 1973).
The newer 11A511U core had been introduced in 1973, but the existing stock of 11A57s took another three years to use up.
The rocket had a streak of 86 consecutive successful launches between 11 September 1967 and 9 July 1970.
Notes
References
References
- (2013). "The Soyuz launch vehicle the two lives of an engineering triumph". Springer.
- (2001). "The rocket men: Vostok & Voskhod, the first Soviet manned spaceflights". Springer [u.a.].
- "Historic Spacecraft - Soviet and Russian Rockets". Historic Spacecraft.
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