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Offline lada

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« on: July 17, 2005, 07:08:51 AM »
I were looking for some informations about cosmodrom in kazakhstan and i found this page

http://www.russianspaceweb.com/chronology_missiles.html

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R-5 tech dossier:
Number of stages
   
1
Length of the vehicle
   

21 meters
Diameter
   
1.652 meters
Weight (fueled)
   
28.57 tons
Fuel Alcohol
Oxidizer    Liquid Oxygen
First launch    March 15, 1953
Launch sites    Kapustin Yar
Flight range: up to 1,200 kilometers
Warhead weight: 1,000 - 1,425 kg
Propulsion    RD-103


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Offline Nilsen

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« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2005, 07:44:40 AM »
thats my kind of rocket

Offline Rino

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« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2005, 05:11:34 PM »
Don't let the enlisted guys know, or your warheads never
leave terra firma ;)
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« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2005, 05:15:06 PM »
Lol Rino

What better way to disarm after the cold war :D

giant nuke fest ! :aok

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« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2005, 05:28:04 PM »
Same for the good ol' V2.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2_rocket

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