Vostok family
Vostok-L 8K72
The Vostok-L was a rocket used by the Soviet Union to conduct several early tests of the Vostok spacecraft
Flights flown9
Success rate33.3%3/9
Payload to LEO4,000kg
Maiden flight1958-09-23
Peak year19594 flights
Vostok-L 8K72 is built by Energia of Russia. It first flew on 23 September 1958 and last flew on 16 April 1960.
Flight record
33.3% success rate3 of 9 flown · 6 failed
1958peak 1959 · 4 flights1960
First flight1958-09-23
Latest flight1960-04-16
Failures6
Consecutive successes0
Fastest turnaround1d 1h
Payload
| Low Earth orbit | 4,000kg |
|---|
Vehicle
| Stages | 2 |
|---|---|
| Length | 30.84m |
| Diameter | 2.6m |
| Launch mass | 277t |
| Liftoff thrust | 3,956kN |
| Maiden flight | 1958-09-23 |
| Reusable | No |
Pads used
Orbits delivered
Lunar Impactor6Lunar flyby3
Launch history
| Date | Mission | Pad | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960-04-16 | Vostok-L 8K72 | Luna-4b | 1/5 | Lunar flyby | Failure |
| 1960-04-15 | Vostok-L 8K72 | Luna-4a | 1/5 | Lunar flyby | Failure |
| 1959-10-04 | Vostok-L 8K72 | Luna-3 | 1/5 | Lunar flyby | Success |
| 1959-09-12 | Vostok-L 8K72 | Luna-2 | 1/5 | Lunar Impactor | Success |
| 1959-06-18 | Vostok-L 8K72 | Luna-2a | 1/5 | Lunar Impactor | Failure |
| 1959-01-02 | Vostok-L 8K72 | Luna-1 | 1/5 | Lunar Impactor | Success |
| 1958-12-04 | Vostok-L 8K72 | Luna-1c | 1/5 | Lunar Impactor | Failure |
| 1958-10-11 | Vostok-L 8K72 | Luna-1b | 1/5 | Lunar Impactor | Failure |
| 1958-09-23 | Vostok-L 8K72 | Luna-1a | 1/5 | Lunar Impactor | Failure |
Specifications from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs, launch records from Space Index. Derived figures are computed here; see sources and method.
Further reading: Wikipedia