R-5 VAO
Missile · Russia
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Atom blast from R-5M test
Credit: RKK Energia
Russian intermediate range ballistic missile. Vertical launch version of the R-5 missile for geophysical experiments using the High-Altitude Automatic Geophysical Station nose cone originally flown on the R-11, equipped with a parachute recovery system. . Experiments carried in the gyro-stabilised payload included solar ultraviolet spectroscopes and x-ray pinhole cameras.
Related
- Family
- IRBM
- Country
- Russia
- Engines
- RD-103M
- Launch Sites
- Kapustin Yar, Kapustin Yar LC84, Kapustin Yar V-2
- Agency
- Korolev bureau