Launch vehicle · Roscosmos
R-7 Semyorka
Also known as Semyorka
RocketsMedium-lift
Imagery
R-7 rocket outline
R-7 "Semyorka" intercontinental ballistic missile
Mikhail Ryazanov · CC BY-SA
Overview
The world's first intercontinental ballistic missile, which in 1957 launched Sputnik 1 and founded the most prolific rocket lineage in history.
Components & hardware
Knowledge connections
- Member of familyR-7 / Soyuz family
- Operated byRoscosmos
- Launched fromGagarin's Start (Site 1)
- Powered byRD-107 / RD-108
- Basis forSoyuz
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- Gunter's Space PageGunter Krebs — Gunter's Space Page
A specialist reference compilation of launch vehicles, stages, and spacecraft across all spacefaring nations.