Vostok-2 rocket
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The Vostok-2 rocket was a Soviet expendable launch vehicle derived from the R-7 family, used primarily in the early 1960s to launch reconnaissance and scientific satellites into low Earth orbit.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vostok-2M | 3 |
| Vostok 2 | 1 |
| Vostok 3 | 1 |
| Vostok 8K72K | 1 |
| Vostok rocket family | 1 |
| Vostok-2 rocket canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1855062 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Vostok-2 rocket Context triple: [Vostok-K rocket, successor, Vostok-2 rocket]
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A.
Vostok-L rocket
The Vostok-L rocket was an early Soviet launch vehicle used in the late 1950s and early 1960s to test and develop the technology that would later support human spaceflight in the Vostok program.
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B.
Vostok-K rocket
The Vostok-K rocket was a Soviet launch vehicle that carried Yuri Gagarin on the first human spaceflight in history.
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C.
Voskhod spacecraft
The Voskhod spacecraft was a Soviet crewed space capsule that succeeded Vostok and enabled milestones such as the first multi-person crewed mission and the first spacewalk during the early space race.
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D.
Molniya-M rocket
The Molniya-M rocket was a Soviet expendable launch vehicle widely used during the Cold War era to place communications, navigation, and scientific satellites into highly elliptical Molniya orbits.
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E.
R-7 Semyorka rocket
The R-7 Semyorka rocket was the world’s first intercontinental ballistic missile and the launch vehicle that placed Sputnik, the first artificial satellite, into orbit, marking the start of the space age.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Vostok-2 rocket Target entity description: The Vostok-2 rocket was a Soviet expendable launch vehicle derived from the R-7 family, used primarily in the early 1960s to launch reconnaissance and scientific satellites into low Earth orbit.
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A.
Vostok-L rocket
The Vostok-L rocket was an early Soviet launch vehicle used in the late 1950s and early 1960s to test and develop the technology that would later support human spaceflight in the Vostok program.
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B.
Vostok-K rocket
The Vostok-K rocket was a Soviet launch vehicle that carried Yuri Gagarin on the first human spaceflight in history.
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C.
Voskhod spacecraft
The Voskhod spacecraft was a Soviet crewed space capsule that succeeded Vostok and enabled milestones such as the first multi-person crewed mission and the first spacewalk during the early space race.
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D.
Molniya-M rocket
The Molniya-M rocket was a Soviet expendable launch vehicle widely used during the Cold War era to place communications, navigation, and scientific satellites into highly elliptical Molniya orbits.
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E.
R-7 Semyorka rocket
The R-7 Semyorka rocket was the world’s first intercontinental ballistic missile and the launch vehicle that placed Sputnik, the first artificial satellite, into orbit, marking the start of the space age.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
expendable launch vehicle
ⓘ
orbital launch vehicle ⓘ |
| configuration | two-stage R-7 derivative ⓘ |
| coreStageEngineType |
RD-107
ⓘ
surface form:
RD-108
|
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
R-7 Semyorka rocket
ⓘ
surface form:
R-7 rocket family
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| designer | Sergei Korolev ⓘ |
| era | early 1960s ⓘ |
| familyVariantOf |
Vostok-2 rocket
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Vostok rocket family
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| firstStageEngineType | RD-107 ⓘ |
| fuel | kerosene ⓘ |
| launchCapability | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Baikonur Cosmodrome
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Plesetsk Cosmodrome ⓘ |
| launchVehicleType | medium-lift launch vehicle ⓘ |
| manufacturer | OKB-1 ⓘ |
| numberOfStages | 2 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Soviet space program ⓘ |
| oxidizer | liquid oxygen ⓘ |
| propellantType | liquid fuel ⓘ |
| rocketFamily |
R-7 Semyorka rocket
ⓘ
surface form:
R-7
|
| stageCount | 2 ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| successor |
Vostok-2 rocket
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Vostok-2M
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| technologyLineage | derived from R-7 Semyorka ICBM ⓘ |
| usedFor |
launching reconnaissance satellites
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launching scientific satellites ⓘ placing payloads into low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| usedForMissionType |
military reconnaissance
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scientific research ⓘ |
| usedInProgram | Soviet satellite program ⓘ |
| usedToLaunch |
Zenit reconnaissance satellites
ⓘ
scientific payloads into orbit ⓘ |
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Subject: Vostok-2 rocket Description of subject: The Vostok-2 rocket was a Soviet expendable launch vehicle derived from the R-7 family, used primarily in the early 1960s to launch reconnaissance and scientific satellites into low Earth orbit.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.