R-2 missile

E300303

Soviet ballistic missile short-range ballistic missile

The R-2 missile was an early Soviet short-range ballistic missile, an improved derivative of the German V-2, used primarily for military purposes and high-altitude research in the early Cold War period.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
R-2 missile canonical	3
R-2 missile program	1
R-2 rocket	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet ballistic missile ⓘ short-range ballistic missile ⓘ
category	Cold War ballistic missile ⓘ Soviet military rocket ⓘ
chiefDesigner	Sergei Korolev ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Soviet Union ⓘ
derivedFrom	V-2 rocket ⓘ
developer	OKB-1 ⓘ
engineConfiguration	single main engine ⓘ
engineType	liquid-fuel rocket engine ⓘ
era	1950s ⓘ
exportedAs	R-2 technology for Chinese Dongfeng-1 program ⓘ
firstLaunchSite	Kapustin Yar ⓘ
fuel	alcohol-water mixture ⓘ
guidanceSystem	inertial guidance ⓘ
improvementOver	increased range compared to R-1 ⓘ separable warhead compared to V-2 ⓘ strengthened airframe ⓘ
launchMass	approximately 20,000 kg ⓘ
launchMethod	vertical launch ⓘ
launchPlatform	mobile launcher ⓘ
length	about 17.7 m ⓘ
maximumAltitude	over 200 km ⓘ
NATOReportingName	SS-2 Sibling ⓘ
operator	Red Army ⓘ surface form: Soviet Army
oxidizer	liquid oxygen ⓘ
predecessor	R-1 missile ⓘ
production	series-produced for Soviet forces ⓘ
propellantType	liquid fuel ⓘ
range	approximately 600 km ⓘ
role	research rocket ⓘ tactical ballistic missile ⓘ
serviceEntry	early 1950s ⓘ
stabilization	aerodynamic fins ⓘ
stages	single-stage ⓘ
status	retired ⓘ
successor	R-5 missile ⓘ
testSite	Kapustin Yar ⓘ
thrust	greater than V-2 rocket thrust ⓘ
usedBy	China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China Soviet Union ⓘ
usedDuring	early Cold War ⓘ
usedFor	cosmic ray studies ⓘ geophysical research ⓘ high-altitude research ⓘ military purposes ⓘ upper atmosphere research ⓘ
warheadPlacement	separable warhead ⓘ
warheadType	high-explosive warhead ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

OKB-1 → developed → R-2 missile ⓘ

R-1 rocket → followedBy → R-2 missile ⓘ

this entity surface form: R-2 rocket

R-1 missile → successor → R-2 missile ⓘ

R-5 missile → predecessor → R-2 missile ⓘ

Soviet missile program → hasPart → R-2 missile ⓘ

this entity surface form: R-2 missile program