Combat Missiles Designed in OKB-1
The R-9 missile in flight. Its launch took place on April 9, 1961. In 1964 the missile complex was introduced into the inventory.
The RT-2 missile (left) was the first intercontinental solid-propellant missile. Its first launch took place on February 26, 1966. In 1968 the missile was added to inventory.
The RT-I missile (right). The first strategic solid-propellant missile. Its first launch took place on April 28, 1962.
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Vasily Pavlovich Mishin
Chief designer of OKB-I from 1966 until May 1974
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The Soyuz spacecraft (7K-OK) designed to execute a wide variety of tasks, including automatic and manual rendezvous, and docking with orbital spacecraft and stations.
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The Soyuz spacecraft on the mounting bogie.
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The Soyuz launch vehicle (I I AS I I). The rocket houses the emergency crew recovery system which makes it possible to move the descent vehicle away from the rocket in distress.
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Instrument propulsion module Descent module i Orbital module Docking module
The Soyuz spacecraft (7K-OK.) docking in orbit (top). The first docking of the Soyuz spacecraft was carried out in the automatic mode during the flight of the Cosmos-186 and Cosmos-188 unmanned spacecraft.
The Soyuz spacecraft docking in orbit. The Soyuz-4 and Soyuz-5 manned spacecraft docked on January 15, 1969. Cosmonauts transferred from one spacecraft to the other through space.
The Soyuz descent vehicle after landing.
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The first flight to the Moon with return to the Earth
The LI space complex for the circumlunar fly-by. This complex flew five times under the name of Zond. The complex flown used the D block rocket using multiple engine I I D58 firings
Mass station. T |
5,5 |
Length, M |
4.5 |
Diameter. M |
2.2 |
Minimum distance |
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from lunar surface at fly-by, KM |
2000 |
Total flight time, days |
7 |
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The Zond automatic station.
Transportation of the LI complex to the launch area.
The Proton launch vehicle with the LI complex on the launch pad.
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The close-cycle liquid fuel rocket engine I ID58M of TsKBEM development. This engine of 8.5 tons thrust uses oxygen and hydrocarbon fuel as propellant components. It was the world’s first engine to provide multiple in-flight firing.
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