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! colspan="3" | <font color="white">Vostok 8K72K</font>
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| colspan="3" align="center" | [[Image:Vostok rocket drawing.png|100px|Vostok Rocket]]
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! align="left" valign="top" colspan="2" | Stages
| 3
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! align="left" valign="top" | 1 - Strap-on Boosters
! align="right" valign="top" | Engines
| 4 x RD-107-8D74-1959
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! align="right" valign="top" colspan="2" | Thrust
| 4 x 970.86 kN = 3,883.4 kN
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! align="right" valign="top" colspan="2" | Burn time
| 118 seconds
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! align="right" valign="top" colspan="2" | Fuels
| Lox/Kerosene
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! align="left" valign="top" | 2 - Core Stage
! align="right" valign="top" | Engines
| 1 x RD-108-8D75-1959
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! align="right" valign="top" colspan="2" | Thrust
| 912 kN
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! align="right" valign="top" colspan="2" | Burn time
| 301 seconds
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! align="right" valign="top" colspan="2" | Fuels
| Lox/Kerosene
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! align="left" valign="top" | 3 - Final Stage
! align="right" valign="top" | Engine
| 1 x RD-0109
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! align="right" valign="top" colspan="2" | Thrust
| 54.5 kN
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! align="right" valign="top" colspan="2" | Burn time
| 365 seconds
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! align="right" valign="top" colspan="2" | Fuels
| Lox/Kerosene
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! align="right" valign="top" colspan="2" | Launch Vehicle
| 1st Launch December 22, 1960
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! align="left" valign="top" colspan="2" | [[Payload (air and space craft)|Payload]] LEO 65-deg
| 4,725 kg
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! align="left" valign="top" colspan="2" | [[Payload (air and space craft)|Payload]] Lunar probe
| 500 kg
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The '''Vostok rocket''' (Russian Восток, translated as ''"East"'') was a derivative of the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[R-7 rocket|R-7]] [[ICBM]] designed for the [[human spaceflight]] [[Vostok programme|programme]] but later used for other satellite launches.
The major versions of the rocket were:
*8K72 - used to launch the early [[Luna programme|Luna]] spacecraft and the prototype [[Vostok spacecraft]]
*8K72K - a refined version of the above. This was the version actually used for human spaceflight
*8A92 - used for launching [[Zenit spy satellite|Zenit]] [[reconnaissance satellite]]s throughout the 1960s
*8A92M - modified version for launching [[Meteor (satellite)|Meteor]] [[weather satellite]]s into high orbits.
On [[March 18]], [[1980]] a Vostok-2M rocket exploded on its launch pad at [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] during a fueling operation, killing 48. An investigation into a similar -- but avoided -- accident revealed that the substitution of lead-based for tin-based solder in [[hydrogen peroxide]] filters had resulted in the breakdown of the H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> and the resulting explosion.
==Vostok 8K72K specifications==
[[Image:Semyorka Rocket R7 by Sergei Korolyov in VDNH Ostankino RAF0540.jpg|thumb|left|Vostok 8K72K rocket on display in Moscow]]
*Stage Number: 1 - Strap-on Boosters; 4 x Vostok 8K72K-0
**Gross Mass: 43,300 kg
**Empty Mass: 3,710 kg
**Thrust (vac): 4 x 99,000 [[kilogram-force|kgf]] (971 kN) = 3.88 MN
**Isp: 313 s (3.07 kN·s/kg)
**Burn time: 118 s
**Isp(sl): 256 s (2.51 kN·s/kg)
**Diameter: 2.68 m
**Span: 8.35 m
**Length: 19.00 m
**Propellants: Lox/Kerosene
**Engines: 1 x [[RD-107]]-8D74-1959 per booster = 4
*Stage Number: 2 - Core stage; 1 x Vostok 8K72K-1
**Gross Mass: 100,400 kg
**Empty Mass: 6,800 kg
**Thrust (vac): 912 kN
**Isp: 315 s (3.09 kN·s/kg)
**Burn time: 301 s
**Isp(sl): 248 s (2.43 kN·s/kg)
**Diameter: 2.99 m
**Length: 28.00 m
**Propellants: Lox/Kerosene
**Engine: 1 x RD-108-8D75-1959
*Stage Number: 3 - Final stage; 1 x Vostok 8K72K-2
**Gross Mass: 7,775 kg
**Empty Mass: 1,440 kg
**Thrust (vac): 54.5 kN
**Isp: 326 s (3.20 kN·s/kg)
**Burn time: 365 s
**Diameter: 2.56 m
**Span: 2.56 m
**Length: 2.84 m
**Propellants: Lox/Kerosene
**Engine: 1 x RD-0109
== References ==
http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/vostok-rocket/vostok-8k72k-specifications.html
==See also==
*[[Vostok spacecraft]]
*[[Vostok program]]
*[[Vostok 1]]
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