Head to head

PSLV vs Vostok 8A92

Two vehicles in the same payload class. Every figure below comes from the same two sources for both rockets, and a row appears only when both publish the input.

Payload to low Earth orbit

Relative

PSLV: 3,800 kg

Vostok 8A92: 4,730 kg

Side by side

8 comparable figures

The highlighted value wins the row. Rows where neither direction is better, like length or stage count, highlight nothing.

Metric	PSLV	Vostok 8A92
Flights flown	30	44
Success rate	93.3%	90.9%
Payload to LEO (kg)	3,800	4,730
Liftoff thrust (kN)	4,847	3,996
Length (m)	44	30.84
Diameter (m)	2.8	2.99
Launch mass (t)	230	281
Stages	4	2

PSLV

Flight record

93.3% success rate28 of 30 flown · 2 failed

1993peak 2007 · 2 flights2024

Maiden flight 2007-04-23. Still flying.

Vostok 8A92

Flight record

90.9% success rate40 of 44 flown · 4 failed

1962peak 1966 · 10 flights1967

Maiden flight 1962-06-01. Retired.

PSLV is built by Indian Space Research Organization of India (company profile on Space Index).Vostok 8A92 is built by RKK Energiya of Russia.

Full specifications and the complete launch history for each: PSLV · Vostok 8A92.

Specifications from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs, launch records from Space Index. Derived figures are computed here; see sources and method.