Polyot (rocket)
The Polyot (Russian: Полёт, flight) (Also known as Sputnik, GRAU index 11A59) was an interim orbital carrier rocket, built to test ASAT spacecraft. It was required as a stopgap after the cancellation of the UR-200 programme, but before the Tsyklon could enter service. Only two were ever launched, the first on 1 November 1963, and the last on 12 April 1964. Both of these flights were successful.
|  Polyot rocket | |
| Function | Interim carrier rocket | 
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | OKB-1 | 
| Country of origin | Soviet Union | 
| Size | |
| Height | 30 m (98 ft) | 
| Diameter | 2.99 m (9 ft 10 in) | 
| Mass | 277,000 kg (611,000 lb) | 
| Stages | 1 | 
| Capacity | |
| Payload to LEO | |
| Mass | 1,400 kg (3,100 lb) | 
| Associated rockets | |
| Family | R-7 | 
| Launch history | |
| Status | Retired | 
| Launch sites | LC-31, Baikonur | 
| Total launches | 2 | 
| Success(es) | 2 | 
| First flight | 1 November 1963 | 
| Last flight | 12 April 1964 | 
| Boosters | |
| No. boosters | 4 | 
| Powered by | 4 RD-107-8D74K | 
| Maximum thrust | 995.3 kN (223,800 lbf) | 
| Specific impulse | 257 s (2.52 km/s) | 
| Burn time | 119 seconds | 
| Propellant | RP-1/LOX | 
| First stage | |
| Powered by | 1 RD-0108 | 
| Maximum thrust | 294 kN (66,000 lbf) | 
| Specific impulse | 330 s (3.2 km/s) | 
| Burn time | 240 seconds | 
| Propellant | RP-1/LOX | 
The rocket consisted of a core stage, and four boosters, which were taken from a Voskhod 11A57 rocket. It was capable of delivering a 1,400 kg payload into a 300 km by 59° Low Earth orbit.
It is a member of the R-7 family.
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