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There is no hope for the fanciful idea of reaching the moon because of insurmountable barriers to escaping the earth's gravity.

   ---Dr F R Moulton, 1932

Kapustin Yar R-5
 
R-5 Initial Launch Area Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Latitude: 48.7500 N. Longitude: 45.7500 E. .
  • 1953 Mar 15 - R-5 first launch attempt (LKI I) R-5. Failure. Apogee: 0.000 km. Range: 1,185 km.

    Unsuccessful. First Phase I trials launch of the 8 remaining rockets of the first production lot were fired, of which 6 reached the target area. The first launch was on 15 March 1953. The first successful flight was on 2 April 1953. The first full range flight came on 19 April 1953.

  • 1953 Mar 18 - R-5 test flight. (LKI I) R-5. Failure. Apogee: 0.000 km.
  • 1953 Apr 2 - R-5 first successful launch (LKI I) R-5. Apogee: 300 km.
  • 1953 Apr 8 - R-5 test flight. (LKI I) R-5. Failure. Apogee: 0.000 km.
  • 1953 Apr 19 - R-5 first full range launch (LKI I) R-5. Apogee: 300 km. Of the 8 rockets of the first production lot fired, 6 reached the target area.
  • 1953 Apr 24 - R-5 test flight. (LKI I) R-5. Failure.. Apogee: 300 km.
  • 1953 May 15 - R-5 flight (LKI I) R-5. Apogee: 300 km. Range: 270 km. Range achieved 270 km. First test launch of R-5.
  • 1953 May 23 - R-5 flight 8 (LKI I) R-5. Apogee: 300 km. Range: 1,200 km. Completion of first series of 8 R-5 flight tests. 2 achieved 270 km range, 5, 1200 km range, and one, 550 km range.
  • 1953 Oct 30 - R-5 Phase II Trials Launches begin (LKI II) R-5. Apogee: 300 km. Range: 1,185 km. Through December 1953 there were 7 Phase II launches, one of which was unsuccessful. A maximum range of 1185 km was reached.
  • November 1953 - LKI II R-5. Apogee: 300 km.
  • November 1953 - LKI II R-5. Apogee: 300 km.
  • November 1953 - LKI II R-5. Apogee: 300 km.
  • November 1953 - LKI II R-5. Apogee: 300 km.
  • December 1953 - LKI II R-5. Apogee: 300 km.
  • 1953 Dec 9 - LKI II R-5. Apogee: 300 km.
 
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Last update 15 January 2005.

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