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4.4KS4800 - Alternate designation for Kisha I 4.4KS4800 Solid rocket engine.

4.5-Inch BBR - American Beach Barrage Rocket.

402nd Guards Missile Regiment - Operated 8 R-12 pads 1962-1977; 9 Pioner launchers 1983-1990.

403rd Guards Missile Regiment - Operated 8 R-12 pads 1962-1984; 9 Pioner launchers 1985-1989; 9 Topol missiles 1991-1994.

404th Missile Regiment - Operated 8 R-12 pads 1962-1978; 9 Pioner launchers 1979-1989; 9 Topol' launchers 1989-1995.

406th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Rogachevo, Novaya Zemlya, 1961 - 1993 S-75 (SA-2) missiles. 1990 converted to S-300PT.

40AL - Aerojet Nitric acid/Amine rocket engine family. 4000 lbf nominal, developed for aircraft assisted take-off applications, 1943-1948.

40ALD-3000 - Aerojet Nitric acid/Amine rocket engine. Development begun October 1943. Droppable version, pressure fed, regeneratively cooled, supplied with 331 kg of propellant. First flight 1945. Date: October 1943. Unfuelled mass: 450 kg (990 lb). Thrust: 13.33 kN (2,997 lbf). More at: Nitric acid/Amine

40th Missile Regiment - Operated R-12 Kapustin Yar missile test and operational facilities 1950-1990.

40XAL-4000 - Aerojet Nitric acid/Amine rocket engine. Development begun July 1943. Gasoline engine driven pumps. Also 40ALD-6000 and 60ALD-8000 versions First flight 1945. Date: July 1943. Thrust: 17.60 kN (3,957 lbf). More at: Nitric acid/Amine

412th Missile Regiment - Operated 6 R-36;R-36M missiles 1966-1994.

413th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Soviet anti-aircraft missile regiment.

414th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Soviet anti-aircraft missile regiment.

416th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Soviet anti-aircraft missile regiment.

419th Guards Missile Regiment - Operated 6 R-36;R-36M missiles 1966-2004.

41FA4 - Abbreviation for US Army 41st Field Artillery, Battalion 4.

41st Missile Regiment - Operated 4 R-16 pads and 3 R-16 missile silos 1963-1964. 1964-1969 operated 2 R-16 pads. 1970-1993 operated 10 UR-100, later MR-UR-100 silos. From 1994 operated 9 Topol' silos.

426th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Soviet anti-aircraft missile regiment.

427th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Soviet anti-aircraft missile regiment.

428th Guards Missile Regiment - Operated R-14 missiles from 8 pads and 3 silos 1962-1978. One batallion sailed for Cuba in 1962 but was turned back by the American blockade and resumed operations in Smorgon on its return. Operated 9 Pioner launchers 1981-1989. Transferred to Novosibirsk and operated 9 Topol' launchers from 1993.

429th Missile Regiment - Operated 8 R-12 pads, 1962-1968; 10 UR-100 silos 1970-1993.

42nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade - Soviet anti-aircraft missile regiment.

42nd Missile Regiment - Operated 8 R-12 pads 1961-1989.

430th Missile Regiment - Operated 8 R-12 pads 1961-1969. Operatd 10 UR-100 silos 1971-1995.

431st Guards Missile Regiment - Operated 12 R-12 pads 1961-1984. Transferred to Vysokaya Rech. Operated 9 Pioner launchers 1985-1990.

432nd Missile Regiment - Operated 8 R-12 pads 1961-1984; 9 Pioner missiles 1985-1990.

433rd Guards Missile Regiment - Operated R-14 missiles from 4 pads and 6 silos 1962-1978. Moved to Nizhniy Tagil 1979. Operated 9 Pioner launchers 1980-1985, followed by 9 Topol' launchers 1987-on.

434th Missile Regiment - Operated 9 R-14 missiles in silos 1962-1978. Moved to Kansk 1985. Operated 9 Pioner launchers 1985-1988, followed by 9 Topol' launchers 1991-2005.

438th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Soviet anti-aircraft missile regiment.

442nd Missile Regiment - Operated 6 R-36;R-36M missiles 1966-1996.

44N6 - Article number for 218 missile.

44N6 - Article number for 218.

44th Guards Missile Regiment - Operated 8 R-12 missiles 1962-1989.

454th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Soviet anti-aircraft missile regiment.

45AL-2600 - Aerojet Nitric acid/Amine rocket engine. Development begun June 1948. Manufacture of complete Aerobee systems First flight 1955. Date: June 1948. Thrust: 11.70 kN (2,630 lbf). More at: Nitric acid/Amine

45-KS-18,500 - Alternate designation for Antares 3.

45-KS-18,500 - Alternate designation for Star 31 Solid rocket engine.

45LR-35000 - Aerojet Nitric acid/UDMH rocket engine for Bomarc missile. Development begun 1953. Pressure-fed, uncooled, ceramic-lined engine. First flight 1959. Status: Out of Production. Date: 1946-1957. Thrust: 159.58 kN (35,876 lbf). More at: Nitric acid/UDMH

45th Missile Regiment - Operated 4 R-16 pads and 3 silos 1964-1977.

466th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade - Soviet anti-aircraft missile regiment.

466th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Activated 1960 in Kamyshin, Volgograd Oblast, from the 1865th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment. S-75 (SA-2) missiles

46A - Alternate designation for R-7A.

46KS - Alternate name of Resurs-DK (46KS).

46th Missile Regiment - Operated 3 R-16 silos 1964-1977.

474th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Vologda, Vologda Oblast, February 20, 1969 - 1993 S-75 (SA-2), S-200 (SA-5) launchers

479th Guards Missile Regiment - Operated R-12 on 4 pads and 4 silos 1961-1980; transferred to Barnaul; operated 9 Pioner launchers 1983-1990; 9 Topol launchers 1991-on.

47th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Turginovo, Kalinin Tver Oblast, 1960 - 1993 S-75 (SA-2) missiles; S-200 (SA-5) launchers

480th Missile Regiment - Operated R-14 missiles from 9 silos 1963-1980. Moved to Barnaul 1981. Operated 9 Pioner launchers 1983-1990, followed by 9 Topol' launchers 1993-on.

481st Missile Regiment - Operated 3 R-14 silos 1963-1971.

483rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Soviet anti-aircraft missile regiment.

485th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Soviet anti-aircraft missile regiment.

487th Missile Regiment - Operated 2 R-16 pads 1964-1969; 10 UR-100 missiles 1970-1985.

488th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Soviet anti-aircraft missile regiment.

489th Missile Regiment - Operated 6 R-36;R-36M;R-16 missiles 1964-2005.

48N6 - Article number for S-300FM.

48N6 - Article number for S-300P.

48N6E - Russian surface-to-air missile. Improved version of the 48N6 for the S-300PMU-1 48N6E and S-400 systems, capable of shooting down tactical ballistic missiles at incoming speeds of 4.8 km/s or hypersonic targets flying at 3.0 km/s at 150 km altitude. Gross mass: 1,700 kg (3,700 lb). Payload: 180 kg (390 lb).

48N6E - Article number for S-300PMU-1 48N6E.

48N6E2 - Article number for S-300PMU-2.

48th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast, 1960 - 1988 S-75 (SA-2) missiles S-75 (SA-2) missiles

493rd Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Ryazan, Ryazan Oblast, April 1973 - 1993 S-75 (SA-2) missiles, S-200 (SA-5) launchers.

494th Missile Regiment - Operated 6 R-36;R-36M missiles 1968-on.

495th Missile Regiment - Operated 6 R-36;R-36M missiles 1967-1996.

496th Missile Regiment - Operated R-14 missiles on 4 pads and 6 silos 1962-1965. Moved to Chelyabinsk; operated 6 R-36, R-36M silos 1967-2003.

497th Missile Regiment - Operated UR-100;R-16 missiles 1960-1993.

498th Missile Regiment - Operated 10 UR-100 silos 1966-1992.

499th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Soviet anti-aircraft missile regiment.

49FUE - Alternate designation for Variant S.

49-KS-7,955 - Alternate designation for Star 30E Solid rocket engine.

49th Missile Regiment - Operated 3 R-16 silos 1965-1977.

4D10 - Isayev N2O4/UDMH rocket engine. R-27 / RSM-25 (SS-N-6). Out of Production. First engine system to be submerged in propellant tank. One main engine chamber plus unknown number (probably 4) of steering thrusters. Thrust 226 + 29 kN. Status: Out of Production. Thrust: 255.00 kN (57,326 lbf). More at: N2O4/UDMH

4K - Manufacturer's designation for Zenit-4 military surveillance satellite.

4K10 - Article number for R-27.

4K18 - Russian intermediate range cruise missile. Trials 1973-1975. Status: Operational 1973.

4K18 - Article number for R-27K.

4K22 - Article number for RT-15M.

4K48 - Article number for P-6.

4K50 - Article number for R-13.

4K55 - Article number for R-21.

4K75 - Article number for R-29.

4K75D - Article number for R-29D.

4K75DU - Article number for R-29R.

4K75K - Article number for R-29K.

4K75R - Article number for R-29RL.

4K75RM - Article number for R-29RM.

4K87 - Russian short range cruise missile. Gross mass: 3,000 kg (6,600 lb).

4KM - Manufacturer's designation for Zenit-4M military surveillance satellite.

4KMK - Manufacturer's designation for Zenit-4MK military surveillance satellite.

4KMKM - Manufacturer's designation for Zenit-4MKM military surveillance satellite.

4KMT - Manufacturer's designation for Zenit-4MKT military surveillance satellite.

4KT - Manufacturer's designation for Zenit-4MT military surveillance satellite.

4M - LuxSpace Manfred Memorial Moon Mission, an amateur radio payload attached to the third stage of the CZ-3C that launched the Chang'e-5 flight test vehicle. Following lunar flyby on October 27, the stage was in a 141,090 km x 416,326 km x 54.2 deg orbit. Lunar fly-by, amateur communications satellite for LuxSpace, Luxembourg. Launched 2014. Status: Operational 2014. First Launch: 2014-10-23. Last Launch: 2014-10-23. Number: 1 . Gross mass: 14 kg (30 lb).

4MV - Spacecraft bus developed by Lavochkin for launch by the Proton booster on deep space and planetary missions in the late 1960's.

4NM - Alternate designation for Mars 5NM mars lander.

4th Academy - First name of Fourth Academy.

4V - Alternate designation for Venera 4V-1.

4V-1 - Manufacturer's designation for Venera 4V-1 Venus probe.

4V1M #1, 2 - Alternate name of Venera 13, 14 (4V1M #1, 2).

4V-2 - Manufacturer's designation for Venera 4V-2 Venus probe.

4Ya11 - Article Number of IS-A military anti-satellite system.

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