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Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
Voskhod rocket
Function Crew-rated
LEO carrier rocket
Manufacturer OKB-1
Country of origin Soviet Union
Size
Height30.84 m (101.2 ft)
Diameter2.99 m (9.8 ft)
Mass298,400 kg (657,900 lb)
Stages2
Capacity
Payload to LEO
Mass5,900 kg (13,000 lb)
Associated rockets
Family R-7
Launch history
StatusRetired
Launch sites Baikonur
Site 1 and Site 31
Plesetsk, Site 41
Total launches300
Success(es)287
Failure(s)13
First flight16 November 1963
Last flight29 June 1976
Type of passengers/cargo Voskhod spacecraft
Zenit (satellite)
Boosters
No. boosters4
Powered by1 RD-107
Maximum thrust995.4 kN (223,800 lbf)
Total thrust3,981.6 kN (895,100 lbf)
Specific impulse257 seconds (2.52 km/s)
Burn time119 seconds
Propellant RP-1 / LOX
First stage
Powered by1 RD-108
Maximum thrust941 kN (212,000 lbf)
Specific impulse248 seconds (2.43 km/s)
Burn time301 seconds
Propellant RP-1 / LOX
Second stage
Powered by1 RD-0107
Maximum thrust294 kN (66,000 lbf)
Specific impulse330 seconds (3.2 km/s)
Burn time240 seconds
Propellant RP-1 / LOX

The Voskhod rocket ( Russian: Восход, "ascent", "dawn") was a derivative of the Soviet R-7 ICBM designed for the human spaceflight programme but later used for launching Zenit reconnaissance satellites. [1] [2] It consisted of the Molniya 8K78M third stage minus the Blok L. [3] In 1966, all R-7 variants were equipped with the uprated core stage and strap-ons of the Soyuz 11A511. The Blok I stage in the Voskhod booster used the RD-0107 engine rather than the crew-rated and more powerful RD-0110 used on the Soyuz. The sole exceptions to this were the two crewed Voskhod launches, which had RD-0108 engines, a crew-rated RD-0107 but with the same performance.

All 11A57s launched after 1965 were functionally 11A511s without the Soyuz's payload shroud and launch escape system (with the exception of the second-stage propulsion system as noted above). Around 300 were flown from Baikonur and Plesetsk through 1976 (various payloads, but Zenith IMINT satellites were the most common). 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.

See also

References

  1. ^ Barensky, C. Lardier, Stefan (2013). The Soyuz launch vehicle the two lives of an engineering triumph. New York: Springer. p. 160. ISBN  978-1-4614-5459-5.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)
  2. ^ Hall, Rex; Shayler, David J. (2001). The rocket men: Vostok & Voskhod, the first Soviet manned spaceflights. London [u.a.]: Springer [u.a.] p. 226. ISBN  978-1-85233-391-1.
  3. ^ Kruse, Richard. "Historic Spacecraft - Soviet and Russian Rockets". HistoricSpacecraft.com. Historic Spacecraft. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
Interactive 3D model of the Voskhod rocket.