SS-6 Sapwood

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SS-6 Sapwood is the NATO reporting name for the Soviet R-7 Semyorka, the world’s first intercontinental ballistic missile and the launch vehicle family that also carried Sputnik and early crewed spacecraft into orbit.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf R-7 family missile
Soviet weapon system
ballistic missile
intercontinental ballistic missile
alsoKnownAs R-7 Semyorka rocket
surface form: R-7

R-7 Semyorka rocket
surface form: R-7 Semyorka
carried Sputnik 1
surface form: Sputnik 1 (via derivative launch vehicle)

early crewed spacecraft (via derivative launch vehicles)
chiefDesigner Sergei Korolev
configuration core stage with four strap-on boosters
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
designedFor strategic nuclear deterrence
developedBy OKB-1
developedIn 1950s
enteredService 1959
era Cold War
family R-7 Semyorka rocket
surface form: R-7 missile family
firstFlightDate 1957-05-15
fuel kerosene (RP-1 type)
guidanceSystem inertial guidance
historicalSignificance enabled launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite
foundation of the long-lived Soyuz launch vehicle line
launchPlatform silo-based launch pad
surface launch pad
launchSite Baikonur Cosmodrome
NATOReportingNameFor R-7 Semyorka rocket
surface form: R-7 Semyorka
notableAs basis of the world’s first orbital launch vehicle
world’s first operational intercontinental ballistic missile
operator Soviet Union
oxidizer liquid oxygen
propellantType liquid propellant
range approximately 8000 km
role intercontinental ballistic missile
space launch vehicle precursor
stages 2
status retired
successor R-16 ICBM
usedAsBasisFor R-7 Semyorka rocket
surface form: Sputnik launch vehicle

Voskhod launch vehicle
Vostok-L rocket
surface form: Vostok launch vehicle

early Soyuz launch vehicles
usedBy Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces
usedInProgram Soviet space program
warheadType nuclear warhead

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R-7 Semyorka rocket natoReportingName SS-6 Sapwood
subject surface form: R-7 Semyorka