Vostok-K rocket

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The Vostok-K rocket was a Soviet launch vehicle that carried Yuri Gagarin on the first human spaceflight in history.

All labels observed (8)

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Vostok launch vehicle 6
Vostok-K rocket canonical 4
Vostok-K 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf carrier rocket
launch vehicle
orbital launch vehicle
achievement first human spaceflight in history
alsoKnownAs 8K72K
carried Vostok 1
surface form: Vostok 1 spacecraft

Yuri Gagarin
configuration core stage with four strap-on boosters
coreStageEngineType RD-107
surface form: RD-108
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
derivedFrom Vostok-L rocket
designer Sergei Korolev
diameter 2.99 m
family R-7 Semyorka rocket
surface form: R-7 rocket family
firstStageEngineType RD-107
fuel kerosene
guidanceSystem inertial guidance
height 30.84 m
launchAzimuth northeast from Baikonur
launchDateOfVostok1 1961-04-12
launchMass 287000 kg
launchPad Gagarin's Start
launchSite Baikonur Cosmodrome
manufacturer OKB-1
notableFor launching the first human into orbit
notableLaunch Vostok 1
numberOfFailures 2
numberOfLaunches 13
numberOfSuccessfulLaunches 11
operator Soviet space program
oxidizer liquid oxygen
partOf Vostok programme
payloadToLEO 4725 kg
periodOfOperationEnd 1964
periodOfOperationStart 1960
program Soviet human spaceflight program
propellantType liquid fuel
separationMethod hot-staging
stages 2
status retired
successor Vostok-2 rocket
usedFor crewed spaceflight
satellite launch
test flights
usedInMission Vostok 1
Vostok-2 rocket
surface form: Vostok 2

Vostok-2 rocket
surface form: Vostok 3

Vostok 4
Vostok 5
Vostok 6

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yuri Gagarin launchVehicle Vostok-K rocket
Luna 1 launchVehicle Vostok-K rocket
this entity surface form: Vostok-L rocket
Luna 2 launchVehicle Vostok-K rocket
this entity surface form: Vostok-L 8K72
Vostok 1 launchRocket Vostok-K rocket
this entity surface form: Vostok-K 8K72K
OKB-1 developed Vostok-K rocket
this entity surface form: Vostok launch vehicle
R-7 Semyorka rocket familyVariant Vostok-K rocket
subject surface form: R-7 Semyorka
this entity surface form: Vostok launch vehicle
Gagarin's Start usedBy Vostok-K rocket
this entity surface form: Vostok launch vehicle
RD-107 usedInRocket Vostok-K rocket
this entity surface form: Vostok launch vehicle
8K72K GRAUIndexFor Vostok-K rocket
this entity surface form: Vostok-K
8K72K derivativeOf Vostok-K rocket
this entity surface form: 8K72 Vostok
8K72K alsoKnownAs Vostok-K rocket
this entity surface form: Vostok-K
Vostok programme launchVehicleUsed Vostok-K rocket
Vostok-L rocket succeededBy Vostok-K rocket
subject surface form: Vostok-L
this entity surface form: Vostok-K
Vostok 4 launchVehicle Vostok-K rocket
Vostok 5 launchVehicle Vostok-K rocket
this entity surface form: Vostok-K 8K72K
Vostok 6 launchVehicle Vostok-K rocket
Vostok spacecraft launchVehicle Vostok-K rocket
this entity surface form: Vostok rocket
Voskhod launch vehicle derivedFrom Vostok-K rocket
this entity surface form: Vostok launch vehicle
Semyorka successorVariant Vostok-K rocket
this entity surface form: Vostok launch vehicle
Semyorka means “the seven” in Russian hasVariant Vostok-K rocket
subject surface form: Semyorka
this entity surface form: Vostok rocket