Vostok-L rocket

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The Vostok-L rocket was an early Soviet launch vehicle used in the late 1950s and early 1960s to test and develop the technology that would later support human spaceflight in the Vostok program.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf expendable launch system
launch vehicle
orbital launch vehicle
alsoKnownAs 8K72K
surface form: 8K72
boosterEngineType RD-107
configuration core stage with four strap-on boosters
coreEngineType RD-107
surface form: RD-108
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
derivedFrom Luna rocket
R-7 Semyorka rocket
surface form: R-7 Semyorka
designer Sergei Korolev
developedFor biological test flights prior to human spaceflight
testing Vostok spacecraft systems
diameter about 2.95 m (core stage)
family R-7 Semyorka rocket
surface form: R-7 rocket family
firstFlightDate 1960-05-15
fuel RP-1 kerosene
height about 30 m
lastFlightDate 1960-12-01
launchAzimuth low Earth orbit inclinations
launchMass about 280000 kg
launchSite Baikonur Cosmodrome
Baikonur Cosmodrome
surface form: Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1/5
manufacturer OKB-1
notablePayload Korabl-Sputnik 1
Sputnik 2
surface form: Korabl-Sputnik 2
numberOfFailedLaunches 2
numberOfLaunches 4
numberOfSuccessfulLaunches 2
operator Soviet space program
oxidizer liquid oxygen
payloadToLEO about 4725 kg
precededBy Luna rocket
program Vostok programme
surface form: Vostok program
propellantType liquid oxygen/kerosene
roleInHistory precursor to human spaceflight in Vostok program
stages 2
status retired
succeededBy Vostok-K rocket
surface form: Vostok-K
successRate 50 percent
usedFor development of human spaceflight technology
launching Korabl-Sputnik missions
launching prototype Vostok spacecraft
test flights for Vostok program
usedInPeriod early 1960s
late 1950s

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Vostok-K rocket derivedFrom Vostok-L rocket
Soyuz rocket derivedFrom Vostok-L rocket
this entity surface form: Vostok rocket
Mechta launchVehicle Vostok-L rocket
Luna programme launchVehicleUsed Vostok-L rocket
this entity surface form: Vostok rocket family
Dream launchVehicle Vostok-L rocket
Vostok programme precededBy Vostok-L rocket
this entity surface form: Vostok rocket development programme
Vostok programme launchVehicleUsed Vostok-L rocket
Luna spacecraft launchVehicleUsed Vostok-L rocket
this entity surface form: Vostok rocket family
SS-6 Sapwood usedAsBasisFor Vostok-L rocket
this entity surface form: Vostok launch vehicle