The R-7 Semyorka was a Soviet missile developed during the Cold War and the world's first intercontinental ballistic missile, designed by Sergei Korolev's OKB-1. It entered service as an ICBM on February 9, 1959, carrying a single thermonuclear warhead of 3 to 5 megatons over ranges of 8,000 to 8,800 kilometers, and saw 28 launches between 1957 and 1961 before its derivatives left military service by 1968. The same R-7 design also became the basis of the R-7 rocket family of orbital launch vehicles, including Sputnik, Vostok and Soyuz, which the space atlas covers separately as a launch vehicle rather than as a weapon. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Weapon ClassIntercontinental ballistic missile 2 Introduced Year Classification
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Source Wikipedia: R-7 Semyorka
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1. Wikidata: R-7 Semyorka
Wikidata Q221675, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source 2. Wikipedia: R-7 Semyorka
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service = 9 February 1959-1968
Introduction
was a Soviet missile developed during the Cold War and the world's first intercontinental ballistic missile
Operated By: Strategic Rocket Forces, Infobox, used_by field
Infobox used_by field: Strategic Missile Troops
View the SourceR-7 Semyorka (Wikidata)
WikidataWikidata Q221675 (P729 service entry): 1959Quote, Wikidata Q221675 (P729 service entry): 1959
Service entry (Wikidata property P729): 1959.
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