Soviet Space Program Vostok 8K72 Korabl'-Sputnik-1

Vostok 8K72

Status

Success

Date

15 MAY 1960

00:00

Launch Provider

Soviet Space Program

Launch Pad

1/5

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

Korabl-Sputnik was the first test flight of the Vostok programme and the first Vostok spacecraft.

Rocket

Vostok 8K72

Mission Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

Vostok was a family of rockets derived from the Soviet R-7 Semyorka ICBM and was designed for the human spaceflight programme.

Height

30.84 m

Diameter

2.99 m

Launch Mass

281 T

Thrust

3,873 kN