Vostok (rocket family)

<h2 id="variants">Variants</h2>
<p>The major versions of the rocket were:
</p>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Luna_(rocket)/Wkrw0hlo">Luna</a> 8K72 – used to launch the early <a href="/facts/Luna_programme/9zjH1plI">Luna</a> spacecraft<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Vostok-L/AczeM3RX">Vostok-L</a> 8K72 – Variant of the Luna, used to launch prototype <a href="/facts/Vostok_spacecraft/B25aaVjV">Vostok spacecraft</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Vostok-K/aYpDK1Yq">Vostok-K</a> 8K72K – a refined version of the above. This was the version actually used for human spaceflight<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Vostok-2_(rocket)/hjRyNkgp">Vostok-2</a> 8A92 – used for launching <a href="/facts/Zenit_spy_satellite/40om1rCY">Zenit</a> <a href="/facts/Reconnaissance_satellite/LkL0IYHH">reconnaissance satellites</a> throughout the 1960s<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Vostok-2M/e2Qk3nXw">Vostok-2M</a> 8A92M – modified version for launching <a href="/facts/Meteor_(satellite)/YkA5oFWR">Meteor</a> <a href="/facts/Weather_satellite/yl7QCK8n">weather satellites</a> into higher orbits.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Soyuz/Vostok/ggVVAE6K">Soyuz/Vostok</a> 11A110 – hybrid of <a href="/facts/Soyuz_(rocket)/GKUhhzoA">Soyuz</a> and Vostok rockets used as an interim for two launches<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li></ul>
<h3>Vostok 8K72K<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></h3>
<ul><li>First Stage — Block B, V, G, D (four strap-on boosters)
<ul><li>Gross mass: 43,300 kg</li>
<li>Empty mass: 3,710 kg</li>
<li>Thrust (vac): 4 x 99,000 <a href="/facts/Kilogram-force/RtMF3WhP">kgf</a> (971 kN) = 3.88 MN</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Specific_impulse/JKGgw2I4">Isp</a>: 313 seconds (3.07 km/s)</li>
<li>Burn time: 118 s</li>
<li>Isp(sl): 256 seconds (2.51 km/s)</li>
<li>Diameter: 2.68 m</li>
<li>Span: 8.35 m</li>
<li>Length: 19.00 m</li>
<li>Propellants: Lox/Kerosene</li>
<li>Engines: 1 x <a href="/facts/RD-107/fmCvNDWw">RD-107</a>-8D74-1959 per booster = 4</li></ul></li>
<li>Second Stage — Block A (core stage)
<ul><li>Gross mass: 100,400 kg</li>
<li>Empty mass: 6,800 kg</li>
<li>Thrust (vac): 912 kN</li>
<li>Isp: 315 seconds (3.09 km/s)</li>
<li>Burn time: 301 s</li>
<li>Isp(sl): 248 seconds (2.43 km/s)</li>
<li>Diameter: 2.99 m</li>
<li>Length: 28.00 m</li>
<li>Propellants: Lox/Kerosene</li>
<li>Engine: 1 x RD-108-8D75-1959</li></ul></li>
<li>Third Stage — Block E
<ul><li>Gross mass: 7,775 kg</li>
<li>Empty mass: 1,440 kg</li>
<li>Thrust (vac): 54.5 kN</li>
<li>Isp: 326 seconds (3.20 km/s)</li>
<li>Burn time: 365 s</li>
<li>Diameter: 2.56 m</li>
<li>Span: 2.56 m</li>
<li>Length: 2.84 m</li>
<li>Propellants: Lox/Kerosene</li>
<li>Engine: 1 x RD-0109</li></ul></li></ul>
<h2 id="gallery">Gallery</h2>

<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul>
<li>Spaceflight portal</li><li>Soviet Union portal</li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Vostok_1/447q95TW">Vostok 1</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Vostok_programme/8RL5f2GI">Vostok programme</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Vostok_spacecraft/B25aaVjV">Vostok spacecraft</a></li></ul>

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<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Vostok-L 8K72". www.astronautix.com. Retrieved 2023-07-30. <a href="http://www.astronautix.com/v/vostok-l8k72.html" target="_blank">http://www.astronautix.com/v/vostok-l8k72.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Vostok-L 8K72". www.astronautix.com. Retrieved 2023-07-30. <a href="http://www.astronautix.com/v/vostok-l8k72.html" target="_blank">http://www.astronautix.com/v/vostok-l8k72.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Vostok 8K72K". www.astronautix.com. Retrieved 2023-07-30. <a href="http://www.astronautix.com/v/vostok8k72k.html" target="_blank">http://www.astronautix.com/v/vostok8k72k.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"Vostok 8A92". www.astronautix.com. Retrieved 2023-07-30. <a href="http://www.astronautix.com/v/vostok8a92.html" target="_blank">http://www.astronautix.com/v/vostok8a92.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"Vostok 8A92M". www.astronautix.com. Retrieved 2023-07-30. <a href="http://www.astronautix.com/v/vostok8a92m.html" target="_blank">http://www.astronautix.com/v/vostok8a92m.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>"Soyuz 11A510". www.astronautix.com. Retrieved 2023-07-30. <a href="http://www.astronautix.com/s/soyuz11a510.html" target="_blank">http://www.astronautix.com/s/soyuz11a510.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>"Vostok 8K72K". www.astronautix.com. Retrieved 2023-07-30. <a href="http://www.astronautix.com/v/vostok8k72k.html" target="_blank">http://www.astronautix.com/v/vostok8k72k.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:8"><p>"Vostok-L 8K72". www.astronautix.com. Retrieved 2023-07-30. <a href="http://www.astronautix.com/v/vostok-l8k72.html" target="_blank">http://www.astronautix.com/v/vostok-l8k72.html</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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