Voskhod (spacecraft)

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Voskhod

Voskhod 1 and 2 spacecraft
Manufacturer	OKB-1
Designer	Sergei Korolev
Country of origin	Soviet Union
Operator	OKB-1 (Now RKK Energia)
Applications	Human spaceflight
Specifications
Spacecraft type	Crewed
Launch mass	5686kg
Crew capacity	3 and 2
Regime	Low Earth
Dimensions
Length	5 m
Production
Status	Retired
Built	5+
Launched	5
Retired	5
Maiden launch	6 October 1964
Last launch	18 March 1965
Related spacecraft
Derived from	Vostok
Derivatives	Bion

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 Voskhod was superseded by the Soyuz spacecraft in 1967.