A-4 rocket

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German military rocket V-2 rocket ballistic missile liquid-fueled rocket long-range guided missile

The A-4 rocket, later known as the V-2, was the world’s first long-range guided ballistic missile and a pioneering liquid-fueled rocket that laid the technological foundation for modern spaceflight.

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Label Occurrences
A4 rocket 3
A-4 rocket canonical 1
Aggregat 4 rocket 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German military rocket ⓘ
V-2 rocket ⓘ
ballistic missile ⓘ
liquid-fueled rocket ⓘ
long-range guided missile ⓘ
alsoKnownAs V-2 rocket ⓘ
chiefDesigner Wernher von Braun ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Nazi Germany ⓘ
designedBy Walter Dornberger ⓘ
developedAt Peenemünde Army Research Center ⓘ
developedBy German Army ⓘ
diameter approximately 1.65 m ⓘ
engineType liquid-fuel rocket engine ⓘ
firstCombatUseDate 1944-09-08 ⓘ
firstCombatUseLocation near Paris against London ⓘ
firstSuccessfulLaunchDate 1942-10-03 ⓘ
firstSuccessfulLaunchSite Peenemünde ⓘ
fuel ethanol-water mixture ⓘ
guidanceSystem inertial guidance ⓘ
historicalSignificance first long-range guided ballistic missile used in war ⓘ
pioneered technologies for modern spaceflight ⓘ
influenced A3 rocket ⓘ
surface form: Soviet R-1 rocket

Redstone rocket ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Redstone rocket

early space launch vehicles ⓘ
launchMass approximately 12,500 kg ⓘ
length approximately 14 m ⓘ
maximumAltitude approximately 80–90 km ⓘ
museumExhibitAt Deutsches Museum ⓘ
Imperial War Museums ⓘ
surface form: Imperial War Museum

National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: National Air and Space Museum
notableTargetCity Antwerp ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
numberBuilt over 3000 ⓘ
operatedBy German Army V-2 units ⓘ
oxidizer liquid oxygen ⓘ
primaryTargets Belgium ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
producedFrom 1944 ⓘ
producedUntil 1945 ⓘ
propellantType liquid fuel ⓘ
range approximately 320 km ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
thrust approximately 25 metric tons ⓘ
usedBy German Army ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
usedInConflict World War II ⓘ
warheadMass approximately 1000 kg ⓘ
warheadType high-explosive ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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Wernher von Braun → notableWork → A-4 rocket ⓘ
Mittelwerk underground factory → notableProduct → A-4 rocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aggregat 4 rocket
R-1 rocket → derivativeOf → A-4 rocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: German A-4 rocket
Vergeltungswaffe 2 (Vengeance Weapon 2) → hasAlias → A-4 rocket ⓘ
subject surface form: Vergeltungswaffe 2
this entity surface form: A4 rocket
A3 rocket → successor → A-4 rocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: A4 rocket
A5 rocket → precedes → A-4 rocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: A4 rocket