List of R-7 launches (1960–64)
This is a list of launches made by the R-7 Semyorka ICBM, and its derivatives between 1960 and 1964. All launches are orbital satellite launches, unless stated otherwise.
Date and Time (GMT) | Configuration | Serial Number | Launch Site | Result | Payload | Remarks |
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20 January 1960, 16:35 | R-7A Semyorka (8K74) |
I1-2 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | N/A | ICBM test Battleship upper stage |
24 January 1960, 16:15 | R-7A Semyorka (8K74) |
I1-3 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | N/A | ICBM test. Longitudinal vibration led to combustion chamber failure and explosion in the Blok V strap-on. Missile disintegrated T+31 seconds. |
31 January 1960, 16:17 | R-7A Semyorka (8K74) |
I1-2 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | N/A | ICBM test Battleship upper stage |
17 March 1960, 23:55 | R-7A Semyorka (8K74) |
I1-5 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | N/A | ICBM test |
24 March 1960, 02:06 | R-7A Semyorka (8K74) |
L1-5 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | N/A | ICBM test |
15 April 1960 | Luna (8K72) |
L1-9 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Luna 1960A | Third stage premature shutdown due to ground crews forgetting to fill the RP-1 tank completely. |
16 April 1960, 16:07 | Luna (8K72) |
L1-9A | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Luna 1960B | Blok B strapon developed insufficient thrust and tore away from the booster at liftoff. The vehicle disintegrated. |
15 May 1960 | Vostok-L (8K72L) |
L1-11 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Sputnik 4 (Vostok) | Maiden flight of Vostok-L 8K72L |
4 June 1960, 15:49 | R-7 Semyorka (8K71) |
L1-9 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | N/A | ICBM test |
5 July 1960, 15:56 | R-7A Semyorka (8K74) |
I1-6 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | N/A | ICBM test |
7 July 1960, 16:15 | R-7A Semyorka (8K74) |
I1-7 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | N/A | ICBM test |
28 July 1960 | Vostok-L (8K72L) |
L1-10 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Korbal-Sputnik (Vostok) | Longitudinal vibration caused a breakdown of the combustion chamber and explosion in the Blok G strap-on. The launch vehicle disintegrated. |
19 August 1960, 08:44 | Vostok-L (8K72L) |
L1-12 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Sputnik 5 (Vostok) | |
10 October 1960, 14:27 | Molniya (8K78) |
L1-4M | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Mars 1960A | 3rd stage guidance failure Maiden flight of Molniya 8K78 |
14 October 1960, 13:51 | Molniya (8K78) |
L1-5M | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Mars 1960B | 3rd stage failed to ignite |
1 December 1960, 07:30 | Vostok-L (8K72L) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Sputnik 6 (Vostok) | Spacecraft failed and disintegrated during re-entry | |
22 December 1960 | Vostok-K (8K72K) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Korbal-Sputnik (Vostok) | Third stage gas generator failure Maiden flight of Vostok-K 8K72K | |
14 January 1961, 16:15 | R-7A Semyorka (8K74) |
LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | N/A | ICBM test, First launch from LC-31 | |
4 February 1961, 09:36 | Molniya (8K78) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Sputnik 7 (Venera) | Venus probe Fourth stage ignition failed, achieved Earth orbit | |
12 February 1961, 00:34 | Molniya (8K78) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Venera 1 | First successful Venus mission | |
13 February 1961, 04:39 | R-7A Semyorka (8K74) |
I1-3T | LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | N/A | ICBM test |
27 February 1961, 00:52 | R-7 Semyorka (8K71) |
L2-1 | LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | N/A | ICBM test Final flight of R-7 Semyorka 8K71. |
9 March 1961, 06:29 | Vostok-K (8K72K) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Sputnik 9 (Vostok) | ||
25 March 1961, 05:54 | Vostok-K (8K72K) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Sputnik 10 (Vostok) | ||
12 April 1961, 06:07 | Vostok-K (8K72K) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Vostok 1 | First manned spaceflight, 1 cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin | |
14 April 1961 | R-7A Semyorka (8K74) |
LC-31/6, Baikonur | Failure | N/A | ICBM test | |
15 June 1961, 05:45 | R-7A Semyorka (8K74) |
E15001-06 | LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | N/A | ICBM test |
4 July 1961, 04:00 | R-7A Semyorka (8K74) |
I2-4 | LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | N/A | ICBM test |
4 July 1961, 20:20 | R-7A Semyorka (8K74) |
I2-2 | LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | N/A | ICBM test |
6 August 1961, 06:00 | Vostok-K (8K72K) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Vostok 2 | Manned orbital flight, 1 cosmonaut, Gherman Titov | |
21 September 1961 | R-7A Semyorka (8K74) |
E15003-03 | LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | N/A | ICBM test |
29 November 1961 | R-7A Semyorka (8K74) |
LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | N/A | ICBM test | |
11 December 1961, 09:39 | Vostok-K (8K72K) |
LC-31/6, Baikonur | Failure | Zenit-2 | Premature third stage cutoff | |
26 April 1962, 10:02 | Vostok-K (8K27K) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Kosmos 4 (Zenit-2) | ||
1 June 1962, 09:38 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Zenit-2 | First use of Vostok-2 8A92. Blok D strap-on shut down at liftoff. The launch vehicle crashed near the pad. | |
2 June 1962 | R-7A Semyorka (8K74) |
LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | N/A | ICBM test | |
28 July 1962, 09:18:31 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
T15000-07 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 7 (Zenit-2) | |
11 August 1962, 08:30 | Vostok-K (8K72K) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Vostok 3 | Manned orbital flight, 1 cosmonaut, Andrian Nikolayev | |
12 August 1962, 08:02:17 | Vostok-K (8K72K) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Vostok 4 | Manned orbital flight, 1 cosmonaut, Pavel Popovich | |
25 August 1962, 02:52 | Molniya (8K78) |
T103-12 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Sputnik 19 (Venera) | Escape stage failed |
1 September 1962, 02:24 | Molniya (8K78) |
T103-13 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Sputnik 20 (Venera) | Escape stage failed |
12 September 1962, 01:40 | Molniya (8K78) |
T103-14 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Sputnik 21 (Venera) | Third stage exploded |
27 September 1962, 09:39:51 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 9 (Zenit-2) | ||
17 October 1962, 09:21 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 10 (Zenit-2) | ||
24 October 1962, 17:55 | Molniya (8K78) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Sputnik 22 (Mars) | Failed in Earth orbit | |
1 November 1962, 16:14 | Molniya (8K78) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Mars 1 | Spacecraft later failed due to loss of signal. No data returned during Mars fly-by | |
4 November 1962, 15:35 | Molniya (8K78) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Sputnik 24 (Mars) | Fuel pump cavitation in the Blok A core stage starting at T+260 seconds. The upper stages and payload reached orbit, but suffered damage from vibration and could not be restarted to boost the probe out of LEO. | |
22 December 1962, 09:21 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 12 (Zenit-2) | ||
4 January 1963, 07:12 | Molniya (8K78) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Sputnik 25 (Luna) | Trans Lunar Injection failed | |
2 February 1963, 09:29:14 | Molniya (8K78) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Luna 1963B | Upper stage gyro failure | |
21 March 1963, 08:24 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 13 (Zenit-2) | ||
2 April 1963, 08:04 | Molniya (8K78) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Luna 4 | Spacecraft later failed to land on Moon | |
22 April 1963, 08:24 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 15 (Zenit-2) | ||
22 April 1963 | R-7A Semyorka (8K74) |
LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | N/A | ICBM test | |
28 April 1963, 09:36 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 16 (Zenit-2) | ||
18 May 1963 | R-7A Semyorka (8K74) |
LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | N/A | ICBM test | |
24 May 1963, 10:48 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 18 (Zenit-2) | ||
14 June 1963, 11:58 | Vostok-K (8K72K) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Vostok 5 | Manned orbital flight, 1 cosmonaut, Valery Bykovsky | |
15 June 1963, 09:29 | Vostok-K (8K72K) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Vostok 6 | Manned orbital flight, 1 cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova First woman in space | |
10 July 1963 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Zenit-2 | Blok B strap-on shut down at liftoff. Vehicle crashed near the pad. | |
14 October 1963 | R-7A Semyorka (8K74) |
LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | N/A | ICBM test | |
18 October 1963, 09:29:58 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 20 (Zenit-2) | ||
1 November 1963, 08:56 | Polyot (11A59) |
LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | Polyot 1 | Maiden flight of Polyot 11A59 | |
11 November 1963, 06:23 | Molniya (8K78) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Kosmos 21 (Venera) | Upper stage failed | |
16 November 1963, 10:34 | Voskhod (11A57) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 22 (Zenit-4) | Maiden flight of Voskhod 11A57 | |
28 November 1963 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Zenit-2 | Upper stage failed | |
19 December 1963, 09:28 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 24 (Zenit-2) | ||
30 January 1964, 09:45:09 | Vostok-K (8K72K) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Elektron-1 | ||
Elektron-2 | ||||||
19 February 1964, 05:47:40 | Molniya-M (8K78M) |
T15000-19 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Venera 1964A | Maiden flight of Molniya-M 8K78M Second stage malfunction |
21 March 1964, 08:15:35 | Molniya-M (8K78M) |
T15000-20 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Luna 1964A | Failed to reach Earth orbit |
27 March 1964, 03:24:32 | Molniya-M (8K78M) |
T15000-22 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Kosmos 27 (Venera) | Upper stage control failure |
2 April 1964, 02:42 | Molniya-M (8K78M) |
T15000-23 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Zond 1 | |
4 April 1964, 09:36 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
G15001-04 | LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 28 (Zenit-2) | |
12 April 1964, 09:21 | Polyot (11A59) |
T15001-01A | LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | Polyot-2 | Final flight of Polyot 11A59 |
20 April 1964, 08:08:28 | Molniya-M (8K78M) |
T15000-21 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Luna 1964B | Upper stage cut off too early |
25 April 1964, 10:19 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
R15001-01 | LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 29 (Zenit-2) | |
18 May 1964, 09:50 | Voskhod (11A57) |
G15000-12 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 30 (Zenit-4) | |
3 June 1964 | R-7A Semyorka (8K74) |
LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | N/A | ICBM test | |
4 June 1964 | Molniya (8K78) |
R103-34 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Molniya-1 | Core stage throttle control failure Also identified as Zond 1964A, a failed Lunar flyby |
10 June 1964, 10:48 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
R15001-02 | LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 32 (Zenit-2) | |
23 June 1964, 10:19 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
G15001-05 | LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 33 (Zenit-2) | |
1 July 1964, 11:16 | Voskhod (11A57) |
T15000-04 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 34 (Zenit-4) | |
10 July 1964, 21:51:02 | Vostok-K (8K72K) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Elektron-3 | Final flight of Vostok-K 8K72K | |
Elektron-4 | ||||||
15 July 1964, 11:31 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
R15001-03 | LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 35 (Zenit-2) | |
27 July 1964 | R-7A Semyorka (8K74) |
LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | N/A | ICBM test | |
14 August 1964, 09:36 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
R15001-04 | LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 37 (Zenit-2) | |
22 August 1964, 07:12 | Molniya (8K78) |
R103-36 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 41 (Molniya-1) | |
28 August 1964, 16:19 | Vostok-2M (8A92M) |
T15000-05 | LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 44 (Meteor) | Maiden flight of Vostok-2M 8A92M |
13 September 1964, 09:50 | Voskhod (11A57) |
R15001-01 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 45 (Zenit-4) | |
24 September 1964, 12:00 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
R15001-05 | LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 46 (Zenit-2) | |
6 October 1964, 07:12:00 | Voskhod (11A57) |
R15000-02 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 47 (Voskhod) | |
12 October 1964, 07:30:01 | Voskhod (11A57) |
R15000-04 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Voskhod 1 | Manned orbital flight, 3 cosmonauts First multi-person spaceflight |
14 October 1964, 09:50 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
R15002-01 | LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 48 (Zenit-2) | |
28 October 1964, 10:48 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
R15002-02 | LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 50 (Zenit-2) | |
30 November 1964, 13:12 | Molniya (8K78) |
LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Zond 2 | ||
References
- McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch List – R-7 Family". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
- Wade, Mark. "Soyuz". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
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