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Vostok 8A92

Retired

RKK Energiya

Vostok was a family of rockets derived from the Soviet R-7 Semyorka ICBM and was designed for the human spaceflight programme.

Key figures

Total launches
44
Successes
40
Failures
4
Success rate
90.9 %
Success streak
8
Maiden flight
Jun 1, 1962
Reusable
No
Shortest launch interval ⓘ
6d
Planned launches
0
Vostok family total
150 launches · 138 successes · 12 failures (4 variants)

🧐 Data check

Automatic plausibility checks — anomalies are surfaced transparently here:

  • ℹ️The figures above apply only to the “Vostok 8A92” variant. The Launch Library counts each variant separately — the Vostok family totals 150 launches across 4 variants.

Technology

Length
30.84 m
Diameter
2.99 m
Launch mass
281 t
Liftoff thrust
3,996 kN
Stages
2
LEO (low Earth orbit)
4,730 kg

Launches per year

of which in our database: 44

1962: 4 Successes1962: 1 Failures519621963: 6 Successes1963: 1 Failures719631964: 9 Successes919641965: 7 Successes1965: 1 Failures819651966: 9 Successes1966: 1 Failures1019661967: 5 Successes51967
Successes Failures Other/planned

History & events

  1. Jun 1, 1962🚀 Maiden flightZenit-2 3View launch →
  2. Jun 1, 1962💥 FailureZenit-2 3View launch →
  3. Nov 28, 1963💥 FailureZenit-2 14View launch →
  4. Jul 13, 1965💥 FailureZenit-2 29View launch →
  5. Sep 16, 1966💥 FailureZenit-2 41View launch →

Sources