R-5A
Missile · Russia
Original archive entry. The text, images and links below are kept as they were written.
Credit: © Mark Wade
Russian intermediate range ballistic missile. Vertical launch version of the R-5 missile for geophysical experiments retaining the nose cone of the IRBM, but equipped with a parachute recovery system. Experiments carried included solar ultraviolet spectroscopes, mass spectrometers for atmospheric composition studies, and capsules carrying dogs for zero-gravity biologically research.
Related
- Family
- IRBM
- Country
- Russia
- Engines
- RD-103M
- Launch Sites
- Kapustin Yar, Chelkar, Kapustin Yar V-2
- Agency
- Korolev bureau
Chronology
26 events
1958 February 21
07:40 GMT - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: R-5. Launch Vehicle: R-5A.1958 February 21
08:42 GMT - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: R-5. Launch Vehicle: R-5A.- Aeronomy / ionosphere mission - .
Nation: Russia.
Agency: AN.
Apogee: 400 km (240 mi).
Some reports say that one of the four launches this day carried the dogs Palma and Pushok. The dogs were said to have died due to cabin decompression. Rumors of the death of a 'cosmonaut Shiborin' can perhaps be attributed to this incident, if indeed it did occur.
1958 February 21
15:20 GMT - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: R-5. Launch Vehicle: R-5A.- Ionosphere / solar ultraviolet / meteorites mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: AN. Apogee: 473 km (293 mi).
1958 August 27
06:05 GMT - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: R-5. Launch Vehicle: R-5A.- Infrared atmosphere Aeronomy / ionosphere / biology mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: AN. Apogee: 450 km (270 mi).
1958 August 27
12:40 GMT - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: R-5. Launch Vehicle: R-5A.- Aeronomy / ionosphere / fields / mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: AN. Apogee: 450 km (270 mi). Carried dogs Belyanka and Pestraya to 450 km altitude..
1958 September 19
00:48 GMT - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: R-5. Launch Vehicle: R-5A.- E-1 Sodium test Aeronomy/Ionosphere/Meteorite mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: AN. Apogee: 430 km (260 mi). Carried dogs to 430 km altitude..
1958 October 31
11:54 GMT - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: R-5. Launch Vehicle: R-5A.- Infrared atmosphere Ionosphere / solar / biology mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: AN. Apogee: 410 km (250 mi). Carried dogs to 415 km altitude..