The Voskhod rocket was a derivative of the Soviet

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 R-7

R-7 Semyorka

The R-7 was a Soviet missile developed during the Cold War, and the world's first intercontinental ballistic missile. The R-7 made 28 launches between 1957 and 1961, but was never deployed operationally. A derivative, the R-7A, was deployed from 1960 to 1968...

 ICBM designed for the human spaceflight

Human spaceflight

Human spaceflight is spaceflight with humans on the spacecraft. When a spacecraft is manned, it can be piloted directly, as opposed to machine or robotic space probes and remotely-controlled satellites....

 programme

Voskhod programme

The Voskhod programme was the second Soviet human spaceflight project. Two manned missions were flown using the Voskhod spacecraft and rocket, one in 1964 and one in 1965....

 but later used for launching Zenit reconnaissance satellites. It combined the R-7 with an upper stage that had been originally designed to launch interplanetary probes.

There was only one main variant of the Voskhod, designated 11A57. Between 1963 and 1976 it was used for some 300 launches.

Voskhod 11A57

• Stage Number: 0 - Strap-on boosters; 4 x Voskhod 11A57-0
  • Gross Mass: 43,400 kg
  • Empty Mass: 3,800 kg.
  • Thrust (vac): 4 x 995.4 kN = 3,981.5 kN
  • Isp: 314 s (3.08 kN·s/kg)
  • Burn time: 119 s
  • Isp(sl): 257 s (2.52 kN·s/kg)
  • Diameter: 2.68 m
  • Span: 8 m
  • Length: 19.00 m
  • Propellants: Lox/Kerosene
  • Engines: 4 x RD-107-8D74K

• Stage Number: 1 - Core stage; 1 x Voskhod 11A57-1
  • Gross Mass: 100,500 kg
  • Empty Mass: 6,800 kg
  • Thrust (vac): 941.4 kN
  • Isp: 315 s (3.09 kN·s/kg)
  • Burn time: 301 s
  • Isp(sl): 248 s (2.43 kN·s/kg)
  • Diameter: 2.99 m
  • Span: 2.60 m
  • Length: 28.00 m
  • Propellants: Lox/Kerosene
  • Engine: 1 x RD-108-8D75K

• Stage Number: 2 - Final Stage; 1 x Voskhod 11A57-2
  • Gross Mass: 24,300 kg
  • Empty Mass: 2,000 kg
  • Thrust (vac): 294.2 kN
  • Isp: 330 s (3.24 kN·s/kg)
  • Burn time: 240 s
  • Diameter: 2.56 m
  • Length: 2.84 m
  • Propellants: Lox/Kerosene
  • Engine: 1 x RD-0108

See also

• Voskhod programme
  Voskhod programme
  The Voskhod programme was the second Soviet human spaceflight project. Two manned missions were flown using the Voskhod spacecraft and rocket, one in 1964 and one in 1965....