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A1
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First in series of rockets leading to V-2. Exploded at Kummersdorf during a test run. Considered aerodynamically unstable (a stabilising flywheel was mounted forward) and no launch attempts were made....more.
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A2
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First flight test rocket in the series that led to the V-2. Two were built, dubbed Max and Moritz. Both were successfully flown....more.
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A3
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The A3 was the first large rocket attempted by Wernher von Braun's rocket team. It was equipped with an ambitious guidance package consisting of three gyroscopes...more.
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A5
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Subscale test model of A4 (V-2). Replaced the A3 in this role after its unsuccessful test series. The A5 used the same powerplant as the A3, but had the aerodynamic...more.
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V-2
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The V-2 ballistic missile (known to its designers as the A4) was the world's first operational liquid fuel rocket. It represented an enormous quantum leap in technology,...more.
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A6
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The A6 designation was applied to a version of the A5 subscale V-2 using alternate propellants. It also seems to have been applied to a manned, ramjet-powered version of the A9 winged V-2....more.
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A7
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Subscale test model of the A9 rocket. Considered for use as a weapon as well....more.
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A9/A10
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The A9/A10 was the world’s first practical design for a transatlantic ballistic missile. Design of the two stage missile began in 1940 and first flight would have...more.
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A4b
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Winged boost-glide version of the V-2 missile. The A4b designation was used to disguise work on the prohibited A9 program....more.
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A8
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Planned stretched version of the V-2 with storable propellants. Never reached the hardware stage, but design continued after the war in France as the 'Super V-2'....more.
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A9/A10/A11
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The A11 was planned at Peenemuende to use the A9/A10 transoceanic missile atop the tubby A11 stage to form the basis for launching the first earth satellite - or as an ICBM.......more.
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Wasserfall
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German surface-to-air missile, tested during World War II, but never operational. Single stage vehicle, V-2 configuration. Copied in the USA as the Hermes and in...more.
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A9/A10/A11/A12
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The A12 has been named as the designation for a true orbital launch vehicle, as sketched out at Peenemuende. It would have been a four-stage vehicle consisting...more.
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Hermes C1
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The Hermes C1 was a clustered-engine intercontinental ballistic missile proposed by General Electric in June 1946. It was eventually down-scoped to a single-engine...more.
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Hermes B-1
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Test vehicle for Hermes II Mach 3 ramjet cruise missile. The modified V-2 merely acted as a booster for the 'Ram' second stage....more.
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R-1
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Stalin did not decide to proceed with Soviet production of this copy of the German V-2 until 1948. Despite the threatening supervision of the program by Stalin's...more.
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Super V-2
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Developed version of German A9 studied by the German team in France in 1946-1948. Cancelled as too ambitious, but led to the Veronique of the 1950's, the Diamant...more.
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G-1
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The G-1, an improved 600 km range version of the V-2 missile, was the first design produced by Groettrup's German engineering team after they had been moved to...more.
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R-2
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The Soviet R-2 ballistic missile was developed in 1947-1953, nearly in parallel with the R-1 from which it derived. It incorporated many detailed improvements,...more.
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G-2
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The G-2 design objective was to create the first IRBM - to deliver a 1000 kg payload over a 2500 km range. The missile would use three V-2 derived engines with...more.
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G-4
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The G-4 was designed by the Groettrup German team in the Soviet Union in competition with Korolev's R-3. Rocket chief Ustinov informed Groettrup of the requirement...more.
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Hermes A-1
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The Army Hermes A-1 single stage test rocket was an American version of the German Wasserfall anti-aircraft rocket....more.
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R-11
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First Russian ballistic missile using storable propellants. Enlargement/elaboration of German Wasserfall SAM. Developed by Korolev OKB, then Makeyev OKB spun off...more.
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R-11FM
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First Russian submarine-launched ballistic missile. Range 150 km with 967 kg warhead. Accuracy 1.5 km in range, 0.75 km lateral. Following protracted testing the...more.
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Redstone
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Redstone was the first large liquid rocket developed in the US using German V-2 technology. Originally designated Hermes C. Redstones later launched the first US...more.
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Jupiter
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The Jupiter IRBM was developed for the US Army. By the time development was complete, the mission and the missile was assigned to the US Air Force, which had its...more.
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DF-1
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Chinese version of Soviet R-2....more.
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