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Rocket
R1
On April 14 1948 the Government Decree has been enacted
on the development of the first rocket to be made of domestic
materials and derived from missile A-4 (FAU-2). The rocket
was designated as R-1 including its ground support equipment.
Rocket
R-5
Work on a new rocket further designated as R-5 was a continuation
of theoretical design and experimental work on a far-range
ballistic rocket of improved performance. The rocket design
has been completed by October 1951.
Rocket
R-5M
The first strategic rocket R-5M was derived from rocket
R-5 in accordance with the Decree of April 19, 1954 to carry
a nuclear warhead to a range of 1200 km. This work was initiated
late in 1953.
Rocket
R-11
Rocket R-11 has been designed under the Government Decree
of February 13, 1953. The rocket was equipped with a liquid-propellant
rocket engine using nitric acid (oxidizer) and kerosene
(fuel) and pressurized propellant delivery lines. The engine
was designed at the Design Office headed by A. M. Isaev.
Rocket
R-11A
Based on rocket R-11, geophysical rocket R-11A has been
designed and launched on the Novaya Zemlya (New Land) under
the International Geophysics Year program in 1958.
Rocket
R-11FM
It was decided to introduce far-range ballistic rockets
in the capacity of the navy armament starting from a diesel
submarine. The Chief Designer was N. N. Isanin. It was necessary
to redesign the selected submarine to accommodate the R-11
family rocket modified at OKB-1 for this purpose. The rocket
was designated as R-11FM and became the first operations
rocket adapted for launching from submarines.
Rocket
R-7
The Government Decree of February 13, 1953 obliged to work
out a preliminary design of a two-stage ballistic rocket
170 t in mass with a separable warhead 3000 kg in mass capable
to be launched to a range of 8000 km. In October 1953, the
design assignment was changed: a fire charge mass was increased
to 3000 kg (a total mass of the rocket warhead - to 5500
kg) with a flight range remained unchanged, i. e. the design
had to be modified radically.
Rocket
R-9
Following from the achievements gained by the beginning
of 1958 in developing more cost saving engines and warheads
of lower mass carrying nuclear charges, the Board of Chief
Designers forwarded a proposal to the USSR Government to
develop new intercontinental rocket R-9 burning oxygen-kerosene
propellant and having a launch mass of 100 t.
Rocket
RT-2P
In 1959 the Government Decree enacted OKB-1 to initiate
work on the development of ballistic rockets using solid
propellant RT-1 with a warhead flight range of 2 500 km,
a launch mass of up to 35 t, and a combat charge mass of
500 kg.
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