Launch Successful

Vostok | Elektron-1 & 2

Name: Vostok | Elektron-1 & 2
Start: 1964-01-30T09:45:09.000Z
End: 1964-01-30T09:45:09.000Z
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

January 30, 1964 at 9:45 AM UTC

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Vostok | Elektron-1 & 2 launch image — Mission imagery · Vostok-K

LAUNCH IN

T−00d00h00m00s

January 30, 1964 at 9:45 AM UTC

Status: Launch Successful · Live feed refreshes every 30 seconds

1/5

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan · 45.9200, 63.3420

Open map

Rocket: Vostok-K
Launch site: 1/5
Launch probability: Not published
Window opens: January 30, 1964 at 9:45 AM UTC
Window closes: January 30, 1964 at 9:45 AM UTC
Feed updated: June 14, 2023 at 3:48 AM UTC

Mission description

Elektron was one of the earliest Soviet scientific satellite missions to be authorized following the initial Sputnik (D-1) series.

Vehicle

Vostok-K

R-7 · K

Height

30.84 m

Diameter

2.99 m

LEO capacity

4,725 kg

Successful launches

Launch complex

1/5

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

The Baikonur Cosmodrome is a spaceport operated by Russia within Kazakhstan. Located in the Kazakh city of Baikonur, it is the largest operational space launch facility in terms of area. All Russian crewed spaceflights are launched from Baikonur.

Open map

Connected program records