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R-7 Semyorka

Soviet Union

The world's first intercontinental ballistic missile, developed by Sergei Korolev's design bureau, and the direct ancestor of every Soyuz rocket flown since. A modified R-7 launched Sputnik 1 in October 1957 and, as Vostok-K, carried Yuri Gagarin on the first human spaceflight in April 1961.

Facts
Vehicle Class
Medium-lift expendable launch vehicle (ICBM-derived) 2
Manufacturer
OKB-1 (Korolev Design Bureau) 1
First Flight Date
1957-08-21 1
Date of the first successful R-7 missile test flight; the Sputnik-launching variant flew that October.
Status
Retired as an operational missile, but its core design lineage remains in continuous use through the modern Soyuz-2 launch vehicle, the longest-serving rocket family in history. 1
Stages
2 2
Classification
Vehicle Class
Crewed Spacecraft Launch Vehicle 1
Status
Status (category)
Retired 1
R-7 Semyorka
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Soyuz-2

R-7 Semyorka
Connections

Has Vehicle Class

Human-Rating Certification, Concepts

Operated By

Soviet space program, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Wikipedia: Soviet space program
In the Other Atlases

Manufactured By

S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia

Also in Business Atlas: the manufacturer of this subject.

Sources
1. Wikipedia: Soviet space program
Wikimedia Foundation
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_space_program
    In 1957, it achieved the first intercontinental missile (R-7 "Semyorka"), orbital launch vehicle (Sputnik), artificial satellite (Sputnik 1), and animal in Earth orbit (Laika) the dog.
  • r-7-semyorka, entity description, vehicle kind (crewed-spacecraft)
    A modified R-7 launched Sputnik 1 in October 1957 and, as Vostok-K, carried Yuri Gagarin on the first human spaceflight in April 1961.
  • Operated By: Soviet space program
  • Part Of: Soyuz
  • Includes: Soyuz-2
2. Encyclopedia Astronautica
http://astronautix.com/r/r-7.html
Quote, http://astronautix.com/r/r-7.html
Russian intercontinental ballistic missile and launch vehicle series. The world's first ICBM and first orbital launch vehicle.
R-7 Semyorka (Wikipedia)
In Group: Soviet Launch Vehicles, Lead sentence
Quote, In Group: Soviet Launch Vehicles, Lead sentence
The R-7 Semyorka (Russian: Р-7 Семёрка, lit. 'number seven', GRAU index: 8K71) was a Soviet missile developed during the Cold War, and the world's first intercontinental ballistic missile.
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