R-7 Semyorka

Overview

The world's first intercontinental ballistic missile, which in 1957 launched Sputnik 1 and founded the most prolific rocket lineage in history.

Components & hardware

Knowledge connections

• Member of familyR-7 / Soyuz family
• Operated byRoscosmos
• Launched fromGagarin's Start (Site 1)
• Powered byRD-107 / RD-108
• Basis forSoyuz

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• Gunter's Space PageGunter Krebs — Gunter's Space Page

  A specialist reference compilation of launch vehicles, stages, and spacecraft across all spacefaring nations.