Voskhod (rocket)

Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
	Voskhod rocket
Has use	Crew-rated; LEO carrier rocket
Manufacturer	OKB-1
Country of origin	Soviet Union
Size
Height	30.84 m (101.2 ft)
Diameter	2.99 m (9.8 ft)
Mass	298,400 kg (657,900 lb)
Stages	2
Capacity
Payload to LEO
Mass	5,900 kg (13,000 lb)
Associated rockets
Family	R-7
Launch history
Status	Retired
Launch sites	Baikonur; Site 1 and Site 31; Plesetsk, Site 41
Total launches	300
Success(es)	287
Failure(s)	13
First flight	16 November 1963
Last flight	29 June 1976
People or cargo transported	Voskhod spacecraft; Zenit (satellite)
Boosters
No. boosters	4
Powered by	1 RD-107
Maximum thrust	995.4 kN (223,800 lbf)
Total thrust	3,981.6 kN (895,100 lbf)
Specific impulse	257 seconds (2.52 km/s)
Burn time	119 seconds
Propellant	RP-1 / LOX
First stage
Powered by	1 RD-108
Maximum thrust	941 kN (212,000 lbf)
Specific impulse	248 seconds (2.43 km/s)
Burn time	301 seconds
Propellant	RP-1 / LOX
Second stage
Powered by	1 RD-0107
Maximum thrust	294 kN (66,000 lbf)
Specific impulse	330 seconds (3.2 km/s)
Burn time	240 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 exception to this were the two manned Voskhod launches, which had RD-0108 engines, a crew-rated RD-0107 but with the same performance.

All 11A57s launched after 1965 were functionally a 11A511 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.

References[]

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Kruse, Richard. "Historic Spacecraft - Soviet and Russian Rockets". HistoricSpacecraft.com. Historic Spacecraft. Retrieved 19 July 2014.

Interactive 3D model of the Voskhod rocket.

[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.

[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.

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Size
Voskhod rocket
Has use	Crew-rated LEO carrier rocket
Manufacturer	OKB-1
Country of origin	Soviet Union
Height	30.84 m (101.2 ft)
Diameter	2.99 m (9.8 ft)
Mass	298,400 kg (657,900 lb)
Stages	2
Capacity
Payload to LEO
Mass	5,900 kg (13,000 lb)

Associated rockets
Family	R-7
Launch history
Status	Retired
Launch sites	Baikonur Site 1 and Site 31 Plesetsk, Site 41
Total launches	300
Success(es)	287
Failure(s)	13
First flight	16 November 1963
Last flight	29 June 1976
People or cargo transported	Voskhod spacecraft Zenit (satellite)

Boosters
No. boosters	4
Powered by	1 RD-107
Maximum thrust	995.4 kN (223,800 lb_f)
Total thrust	3,981.6 kN (895,100 lb_f)
Specific impulse	257 seconds (2.52 km/s)
Burn time	119 seconds
Propellant	RP-1 / LOX
First stage
Powered by	1 RD-108
Maximum thrust	941 kN (212,000 lb_f)
Specific impulse	248 seconds (2.43 km/s)
Burn time	301 seconds
Propellant	RP-1 / LOX
Second stage
Powered by	1 RD-0107
Maximum thrust	294 kN (66,000 lb_f)
Specific impulse	330 seconds (3.2 km/s)
Burn time	240 seconds
Propellant	RP-1 / LOX

Voskhod (rocket)

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