R-11A
Launch vehicle · Russia
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Russian suborbital launch vehicle. Version of the R-11 'Scud' missile used as a single stage sounding rocket. First launched in 1957, and capable of taking 250 to 400 kg of payload to 100 to 160 km altitude. The payloads were enclosed in a spherical re-entry capsule, which was gyro-stabilized to ensure instruments could be pointed precisely at the sun or other astronomical target.
Related
- Country
- Russia
- Launch Sites
- Kapustin Yar, Kheysa, Kapustin Yar V-2
- Stages
- R-11 stage
- Agency
- Korolev bureau
Chronology
26 events
1958 October 4
15:08 GMT - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: R-11A.1958 October 10
Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: R-11A.1958 October 31
Launch Site: Kheysa. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: R-11A.1958 November 6
Launch Site: Kheysa. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: R-11A.1958 November 19
Launch Site: Kheysa. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: R-11A.1958 December 23
Launch Site: Kheysa. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: R-11A.1958 December 25
Launch Site: Kheysa. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: R-11A.1959 July 20
Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: R-11A.1959 July 21
02:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: R-11A.- Ionosphere / aeronomy / solar x-ray mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: MVS. Apogee: 105 km (65 mi).
1959 July 21
14:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: R-11A.- Ionosphere / aeronomy / solar x-ray mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: MVS. Apogee: 105 km (65 mi).
1959 July 22
01:14 GMT - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: R-11A.1959 October 15
Launch Site: Kheysa. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: R-11A.1959 October 15
Launch Site: Kheysa. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: R-11A.1959 December 3
Launch Site: Kheysa. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: R-11A.1959 December 3
Launch Site: Kheysa. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: R-11A.1960 June 23
05:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: R-11A.1960 July 15
Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: R-11A.1960 September 21
Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: R-11A.1960 September 23
Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: R-11A.1961 February 2
Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: R-11A.1961 February 2
Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: R-11A.1961 February 15
08:20 GMT - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: R-11A.- Ultraviolet ozone spectra Aeronomy / Solar Eclipse mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: AN. Apogee: 96 km (59 mi).