Space Launch Vehicles of the Soviet Union Codexery

Vostok-2 (rocket)

Soviet expendable carrier rocket for Zenit-2 reconnaissance satellites.

The Vostok-2 (8A92) was an expendable Soviet carrier rocket flown from 1962 to 1967. Derived from the Vostok-K, it used uprated engines and the 8K74 core, with 8D74K first stage engines from the Molniya booster. Forty-five were launched, five failed. It exclusively carried Zenit-2 reconnaissance satellites.

Quick Facts

Function
Small-lift launch vehicle
Manufacturer
OKB-1
Country-origin
Soviet Union
Stages
3
Family
R-7
Derivatives
Vostok-2M
Sites
Baikonur, Sites 1/5 & 31/6; Plesetsk, Site 41/1
Launches
45

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