Voskhod (spacecraft)

Voskhod
Voskhod 1 and 2 spacecraft
ManufacturerOKB-1
DesignerSergei Korolev
Country of originSoviet Union
OperatorOKB-1 (Now RKK Energia)
ApplicationsHuman spaceflight
Specifications
Spacecraft typeCrewed
Launch mass5686kg
Crew capacity3 and 2
RegimeLow Earth
Dimensions
Length5 m
Production
StatusRetired
Built5+
Launched5
Retired5
Maiden launch6 October 1964
Last launch18 March 1965
Related spacecraft
Derived fromVostok
DerivativesBion

The Voskhod (Russian: Восход, "Sunrise") was a spacecraft built by the Soviet Union's space program for human spaceflight as part of the Voskhod programme. It was a development of and a follow-on to the Vostok spacecraft. Voskhod 1 was used for a three-man flight whereas Voskhod 2 had a crew of two. They consisted of a spherical descent module (diameter 2.3 metres (7.5 ft)), which housed the cosmonauts, and instruments, and a conical equipment module (mass 2.27 tonnes or 5,000 pounds, 2.25 m (7.4 ft) long, 2.43 m (8.0 ft) wide), which contained propellant and the engine system. Voskhod was superseded by the Soyuz spacecraft in 1967.