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Voskhod (rocket)

Russian rocket

Voskhod (rocket)

Russian rocket

FieldValue
nameVoskhod (R-7 11A57)
imageVoskhod Rocket.png
captionVoskhod rocket
upright0.4
functionMedium-lift launch vehicle
manufacturerOKB-1
country-originSoviet Union
height30.84 m
diameter2.99 m
mass298400 kg
stages3
capacities{{Infobox rocket/payload
locationLEO
kilos5900 kg
familyR-7
statusRetired
sites{{Indented plainlist
first16 November 1963
last29 June 1976
launches300
success287
fail13
payloadsVoskhod spacecraft
Zenit (satellite)
stagedata{{Infobox rocket/stage
typebooster
diffFirst stage
nameBlock B, V, G & D
number4
engines1×RD-107
thrust995.4 kN
total{{#expr:995.4*4}} kN
SI257 isp
burntime119 seconds
fuelLOX/RP-1
stagenoSecond
typestage
diffcore
nameBlock A
engines1×RD-108
thrust941 kN
SI248 isp
burntime301 seconds
fuelLOX/RP-1
stagenoThird
typestage
nameBlock I
engines1×RD-0107
thrust294 kN
SI330 isp
burntime240 seconds
fuelLOX/RP-1

|country-origin = Soviet Union

  • Baikonur, Sites 1/5 & 31/6
  • Plesetsk, Site 41/1 Zenit (satellite)
Interactive 3D model of the Voskhod rocket

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.

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References

References

  1. (2013). "The Soyuz launch vehicle the two lives of an engineering triumph". Springer.
  2. (2001). "The rocket men: Vostok & Voskhod, the first Soviet manned spaceflights". Springer [u.a.].
  3. "Historic Spacecraft - Soviet and Russian Rockets". Historic Spacecraft.
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