Voskhod (rocket)
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| Country of origin | Soviet Union |
|---|---|
| Size | |
| Height | 30.84 m (101.2 ft) |
| Diameter | 2.99 m (9.8 ft) |
| Mass | 298,400 kg (657,900 lb) |
| Stages | 2 |
| Capacity | |
| Payload to LEO | |
| Mass | 5,900 kg (13,000 lb) |
| Associated rockets | |
| Family | LOX |
The Voskhod rocket (
11A511. The Blok I stage in the Voskhod booster used the RD-0107 engine rather than the crew-rated and more powerful RD-0110
used on the Soyuz. The sole exceptions to this were the two crewed Voskhod launches, which had RD-0108 engines, a crew-rated RD-0107 but with the same performance.
All 11A57s launched after 1965 were functionally 11A511s without the Soyuz's
payload shroud and launch escape system (with the exception of the second-stage propulsion system as noted above). Around 300 were flown from Baikonur and Plesetsk through 1976 (various payloads, but Zenith IMINT
satellites were the most common). The newer 11A511U core had been introduced in 1973, but the existing stock of 11A57s took another three years to use up.
The rocket had a streak of 86 consecutive successful launches between 11 September 1967 and 9 July 1970.
See also
References
- ISBN 978-1-4614-5459-5.)
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- ^ Kruse, Richard. "Historic Spacecraft - Soviet and Russian Rockets". HistoricSpacecraft.com. Historic Spacecraft. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
