- Polyot (rocket)
Infobox rocket
name =Polyot 11A59
caption = Polyot rocket
imsize = 150
function =Interimcarrier rocket
manufacturer =OKB-1
country-origin =Soviet Union
cpl-year =
cpl =
height =30m
alt-height =98ft
diameter =2.99m
alt-diameter =9.8ft
mass = 277,000kg
alt-mass =610,000lb
stages = 1
LEO-payload = 1,400kg
alt-LEO = 3,000lb
status = Retired
sites = LC-31, Baikonur
first=1 November 1963
last=12 April 1964
launches =2
success =2
boosters =4
boosterengines =1RD-107 -8D74K
boosterthrust =995.3kN
alt-boosterthrust =223,752lbf
boosterSI =257 sec
boostertime =119 seconds
boosterfuel =RP-1 /LOX
stage1engines =1RD-0108
stage1thrust =294kN
alt-stage1thrust =66,093lbf
stage1SI =330 sec
stage1time =240 seconds
stage1fuel =RP-1 /LOX The Polyot (Also known as Sputnik,
GRAU index 11A59) was an interimorbit alcarrier rocket , built to test ASAT spacecraft. It was required as a stopgap after the cancellation of theUR-200 programme, but before theTsiklon could enter service. Only two were ever launched, the first on1 November 1963 , and the last on12 April 1964 . Both of these flights were successful.The rocket consisted of a core stage, and four boosters, which were taken from a Voskhod 11A57 rocket. It was capable of delivering a 1,400kg payload into a 300km by 59o
Low Earth orbit .It is a member of the R-7 family.
ee also
Comparable rockets
*
Tsiklon
*UR-200 Related developments
*
R-7
*Vostok rocket
*Voskhod rocket
*Molniya rocket
*Soyuz rocket Associated spacecraft
*ASAT
External links
[http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/pol1159.htm Encyclopedia Astronautica entry]
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