R-1D
Launch vehicle · Russia
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Russian short range ballistic suborbital launch vehicle. The R-1B version was designed for scientific research at altitudes of up to 100 km, including winds aloft, the ionosphere, and effects of spaceflight and recovery of living animals.
Related
- Country
- Russia
- Launch Sites
- Kapustin Yar, Kapustin Yar V-2
- Stages
- R-1 stage
- Agency
- Korolev bureau
Chronology
3 events
1954 June 26
13:24 GMT - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: V-2. Launch Vehicle: R-1D.- Test / biology / ionosphere / aeronomy mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: Korolev bureau. Apogee: 106 km (65 mi).
1954 July 2
Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: V-2. Launch Vehicle: R-1D.- Test / biology / ionosphere / aeronomy mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: Korolev bureau. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Payload, instruments, left and right animal containers all recovered. Smoke container failed. Carried dogs Lyza and Ryjik..
1954 July 7
Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: V-2. Launch Vehicle: R-1D.- Test / biology / ionosphere / aeronomy mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: Korolev bureau. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Payload recovered; left animal container, smoke container..