Engineering:List of R-7 launches (1960–1964)
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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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1960 | ||||||
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, 15:06 | Luna (8K72) |
I1-9 | 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, 00:00 | 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, 09:31 | 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) |
L1-13 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Sputnik 6 (Vostok) | Spacecraft failed and disintegrated during re-entry |
22 December 1960, 07:45 | Vostok-K (8K72K) |
L1-13A | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Korbal-Sputnik (Vostok) | Third stage gas generator failure Maiden flight of Vostok-K 8K72K |
1961 | ||||||
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, 01:18 | Molniya (8K78) |
L1-7 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Sputnik 7 (Venera) | Venus probe Fourth stage ignition failed, achieved Earth orbit |
12 February 1961, 00:34 | Molniya (8K78) |
L1-6 | 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) |
E103-14 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Sputnik 9 (Vostok) | |
25 March 1961, 05:54 | Vostok-K (8K72K) |
E103-15 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Sputnik 10 (Vostok) | |
12 April 1961, 06:07 | Vostok-K (8K72K) |
E103-16 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Vostok 1 | First manned spaceflight, 1 cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin |
14 April 1961, 19:24 | 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) |
E103-17 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Vostok 2 | Manned orbital flight, 1 cosmonaut, Gherman Titov |
21 September 1961, 16:30 | R-7A Semyorka (8K74) |
E15003-03 | LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | N/A | ICBM test |
29 November 1961, 08:15 | R-7A Semyorka (8K74) |
LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | N/A | ICBM test | |
11 December 1961, 09:39 | Vostok-K (8K72K) |
E103-21 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Zenit-2 | Premature third stage cutoff |
1962 | ||||||
26 April 1962, 10:02 | Vostok-K (8K27K) |
E103-20 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Kosmos 4 (Zenit-2) | |
1 June 1962, 09:38 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
E15000-01 | 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, 16:36 | R-7A Semyorka (8K74) |
LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | N/A | ICBM test | |
28 July 1962, 09:18 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
T15000-07 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 7 (Zenit-2) | |
11 August 1962, 08:30 | Vostok-K (8K72K) |
E103-23 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Vostok 3 | Manned orbital flight, 1 cosmonaut, Andrian Nikolayev |
12 August 1962, 08:02 | Vostok-K (8K72K) |
E103-22 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Vostok 4 | Manned orbital flight, 1 cosmonaut, Pavel Popovich |
25 August 1962, 02:56 | Molniya (8K78) |
T103-12 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Sputnik 19 (Venera) | Escape stage failed |
1 September 1962, 02:12 | Molniya (8K78) |
T103-13 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Sputnik 20 (Venera) | Escape stage failed |
12 September 1962, 00:59 | Molniya (8K78) |
T103-14 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Sputnik 21 (Venera) | Third stage exploded |
27 September 1962, 09:40 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
T15000-06 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 9 (Zenit-2) | |
17 October 1962, 09:21 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
E15000-03 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 10 (Zenit-2) | |
24 October 1962, 17:55 | Molniya (8K78) |
T103-15 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Sputnik 22 (Mars) | Failed in Earth orbit |
1 November 1962, 16:14 | Molniya (8K78) |
T103-16 | 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) |
T103-17 | 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, 09:24 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
T15000-10 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 12 (Zenit-2) | |
1963 | ||||||
4 January 1963, 07:49 | Molniya (8K78) |
T103-09 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Sputnik 25 (Luna) | Trans Lunar Injection failed |
3 February 1963, 09:29 | Molniya (8K78) |
T103-10 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Luna 1963B | Upper stage gyro failure |
21 March 1963, 08:24 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
T15001-01 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 13 (Zenit-2) | |
2 April 1963, 08:16 | Molniya (8K78) |
T103-11 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Luna 4 | Spacecraft later failed to land on Moon |
22 April 1963, 08:24 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
T15000-08 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 15 (Zenit-2) | |
22 April 1963, 12:32 | R-7A Semyorka (8K74) |
LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | N/A | ICBM test | |
28 April 1963, 08:50 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
E15000-02 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 16 (Zenit-2) | |
18 May 1963, 07:41 | R-7A Semyorka (8K74) |
LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | N/A | ICBM test | |
24 May 1963, 10:34 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
E15000-12 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 18 (Zenit-2) | |
14 June 1963, 11:59 | Vostok-K (8K72K) |
E103-24 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Vostok 5 | Manned orbital flight, 1 cosmonaut, Valery Bykovsky |
16 June 1963, 09:29 | Vostok-K (8K72K) |
E103-25 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Vostok 6 | Manned orbital flight, 1 cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova First woman in space |
10 July 1963 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
E15000-04 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Zenit-2 | Blok B strap-on shut down at liftoff. Vehicle crashed near the pad. |
14 October 1963, 13:56 | R-7A Semyorka (8K74) |
LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | N/A | ICBM test | |
18 October 1963, 09:30 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
G15001-01 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 20 (Zenit-2) | |
1 November 1963, 08:56 | Polyot (11A59) |
E15003-02A | LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | Polyot 1 | Maiden flight of Polyot 11A59 |
11 November 1963, 06:23 | Molniya (8K78) |
G15000-17 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Kosmos 21 (Venera) | Upper stage failed |
16 November 1963, 10:34 | Voskhod (11A57) |
G15000-06 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 22 (Zenit-4) | Maiden flight of Voskhod 11A57 |
28 November 1963, 09:20 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
G15001-02 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Zenit-2 | Upper stage failed |
19 December 1963, 09:29 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
G15001-03 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 24 (Zenit-2) | |
1964 | ||||||
30 January 1964, 09:45 | Vostok-K (8K72K) |
G103-18 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Elektron-1 | |
Elektron-2 | ||||||
19 February 1964, 05:37 | Molniya-M (8K78M) |
T15000-26 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Venera 1964A | Maiden flight of Molniya-M 8K78M LOX leak in a fuel duct led to an explosion at Blok I ignition. |
21 March 1964, 08:14 | Molniya-M (8K78M) |
T15000-20 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Luna 1964A | Stuck engine valve in the Blok I stage caused low thrust and premature shutdown at T+489 seconds. |
27 March 1964, 03:24 | Molniya-M (8K78M) |
G15000-27 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Kosmos 27 (Venera) | Gyroscope malfunction caused loss of pitch control during Blok I burn. |
2 April 1964, 02:42 | Molniya-M (8K78M) |
G15000-28 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Zond 1 | |
4 April 1964, 09:45 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
G15001-04 | LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 28 (Zenit-2) | |
12 April 1964, 09:31 | Polyot (11A59) |
T15001-04A | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Polyot-2 | Final flight of Polyot 11A59 |
20 April 1964, 08:08 | Molniya-M (8K78M) |
T15000-21 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Luna 1964B | Blok I power failure caused premature engine shutdown T+340 seconds |
25 April 1964, 10:21 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
R15001-01 | LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 29 (Zenit-2) | |
18 May 1964, 09:42 | Voskhod (11A57) |
G15000-12 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 30 (Zenit-4) | |
3 June 1964, 06:04 | R-7A Semyorka (8K74) |
LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | N/A | ICBM test | |
4 June 1964, 04:00 | Molniya (8K78) |
G103-18 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Failure | Molniya-1 | Electrical circuit in the Blok A throttle control failed, causing loss of thrust at T+104 seconds. 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 | Vostok-K (8K72K) |
G103-19 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Elektron-3 | Final flight of Vostok-K 8K72K |
Elektron-4 | ||||||
15 July 1964, 11:27 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
R15001-03 | LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 35 (Zenit-2) | |
27 July 1964, 14:00 | 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, 07:21 | Molniya (8K78) |
G103-19 | 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, 09:45 | Voskhod (11A57) |
R15001-01 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 45 (Zenit-4) | |
24 September 1964, 12:04 | Vostok-2 (8A92) |
R15001-05 | LC-31/6, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 46 (Zenit-2) | |
6 October 1964, 07:12 | Voskhod (11A57) |
R15000-02 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Kosmos 47 (Voskhod) | |
12 October 1964, 07:30 | 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, 13:25 | Molniya (8K78) |
G15000-29 | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Successful | Zond 2 |
References
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