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Vostok
39.2m
Human (1.8m)
1.8m
Vostok / Credits: Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons)
Soviet UnionRetired1957–1963
Vostok
OKB-1 / Sergei Korolev (Soviet Union)
Soviet crewed spacecraft launcher — carried Yuri Gagarin and five others to orbit.
Vostok was derived from the R-7 ICBM and boosted Vostok spacecraft with cosmonauts on board, beginning human spaceflight. All six crewed missions succeeded perfectly.
Fun facts
Carried Yuri Gagarin on the first human spaceflight.
Height
39.2 m
Diameter
3.2 m
Mass
287 t
Stages
3
Thrust
1,020 kN
Payload LEO
4,730 kg
Payload GTO
—
Total flights
26
Success rate63.5%
16 success1 partial9 failure
No upcoming launches scheduled.
