Soviet Space Program Vostok 8K72 Korabl-Sputnik (2)

Vostok 8K72

Status

Failure

Date

28 JUL 1960

09:31

Launch Provider

Soviet Space Program

Launch Pad

1/5

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

A test of the Vostok capsule carrying a pair of dogs. Unfortunately this failed after a failure of the booster.

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