60 years ago, on January 20, 1960, by the decree of the USSR Government, the world’s first Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) R-7 entered operational service in the Strategic Missile Forces. The super long range missile system, developed by the team of OKB-1 (now known as RSC Energia) headed by the Chief Designer Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, not only became the basis for the nuclear-missile shield of the country, but also ushered in the space age for the whole of mankind.
Source: S.P. Korolev RSC Energia – News
And: “Sputnik” launch vehicle based on the R-7 design, launched the first artificial Earth satellite in history…
Cool and neat…
WtR
PS: Our city Sveta and I live in is Korolev and man responsible for this ICBM was the Chief Designer Sergei Pavlovich Korolev…
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