
R-21
Credit: © Mark Wade
First flight 1962. NATO code Serb may apply to SS-N-6 instead. First subsurface launched SLBM (development began at OKB- 586 and transferred to SKB-385).
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Associated Launch Vehicles
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R-21 Russian submarine-launched ballistic missile. First flight 1962. NATO code Serb may apply to SS-N-6 instead. First subsurface launched SLBM (development began at OKB- 586 and transferred to SKB-385). More...
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R-21A Russian submarine-launched ballistic missile. Version of R-21 SLBM on Yankee submarines. More...
Associated Launch Sites
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Sea-launched Sounding rocket launched from a naval vessel at an undocumented location. 2001 launches from 1956 to 2008, reaching up to 35,820 kilometers altitude, fall into this category. More...
R-21 Chronology
1960 May 1 - .
Launch Site:
Black Sea Launch Area.
Launch Pad: 45.0 N x 35.0 E.
LV Family:
R-21.
Launch Vehicle:
R-21.
LV Configuration: R-21 K-1.1.
- Test mission - .
Nation: USSR. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi).
1961 - .
Launch Site:
Black Sea Launch Area.
Launch Pad: 45.0 N x 35.0 E.
Launch Platform: S-229.
LV Family:
R-21.
Launch Vehicle:
R-21.
LV Configuration: R-21 K-1.1.
- Test mission - .
Nation: USSR. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi).
1961 October 1 - .
Launch Site:
Black Sea Launch Area.
Launch Pad: 45.0 N x 35.0 E.
Launch Platform: S-229.
LV Family:
R-21.
Launch Vehicle:
R-21.
LV Configuration: R-21 K-1.1.
- Test mission - .
Nation: USSR. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi).
1962 February 24 - .
Launch Site:
Sea-launched.
Launch Pad: UNKPL.
Launch Platform: HOTEL2.
LV Family:
R-21.
Launch Vehicle:
R-21.
- Test mission - .
Nation: USSR. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 293 km (182 mi).
1963 - .
Launch Site:
Sea-launched.
Launch Pad: UNKPL.
Launch Platform: HOTEL2.
LV Family:
R-21.
Launch Vehicle:
R-21.
- Test mission - .
Nation: USSR. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 293 km (182 mi).
1967 - .
Launch Site:
Sea-launched.
Launch Pad: UNKPL.
Launch Platform: GOLF2.
LV Family:
R-21.
Launch Vehicle:
R-21.
- Test mission - .
Nation: USSR. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 293 km (182 mi).
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