📊 Analysis
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Vostok 8K72
RetiredRKK 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
4
Successes
3
Failures
1
Success rate
75.0 %
Success streak
2
Maiden flight
May 15, 1960
Reusable
No
Shortest launch interval ⓘ
21d 23h
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 8K72” 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
3,873 kN
Stages
2
LEO (low Earth orbit)
4,550 kg
Launches per year
of which in our database: 4
Successes Failures Other/planned
History & events
Sources
- Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs)
- Wikipedia