R-7-derived launch vehicle family
The R-7 is the foundational Soviet and Russian launch-vehicle lineage developed from Sergei Korolev’s R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile. Its clustered core-and-four-booster architecture launched Sputnik 1 in 1957 and evolved through Sputnik, Luna, Vostok, Voskhod, Molniya, and Soyuz variants; modern Soyuz launch vehicles continue the lineage.
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Identity
- Aliases
- R-7 SemyorkaSemyorkaR-7 launch vehicle lineage
- Family Name
- R-7
- Full Name
- R-7-derived launch vehicle family
- Status
- active
- Type
- rocket
Details
- Description
- The R-7 is the foundational Soviet and Russian launch-vehicle lineage developed from Sergei Korolev’s R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile. Its clustered core-and-four-booster architecture launched Sputnik 1 in 1957 and evolved through Sputnik, Luna, Vostok, Voskhod, Molniya, and Soyuz variants; modern Soyuz launch vehicles continue the lineage.
- First Flight Year
- 1,957
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Name
- R-7 8K71/8K74 exact two-stage base configuration
- Notes
- The NASA-hosted R-7 technical table identifies four R-7 booster blocks with RD-107-8D74 and the central core stage with RD-108-8D75. This configuration represents the exact two-stage R-7 8K71/8K74 base vehicle only; later Vostok, Molniya, Soyuz, and other upper-stage derivatives remain separate family configurations and are not inferred here.
- Rocket Specs
- Reusability
- expendable
Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-7_(rocket_family)
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- Creation Time
- April 26, 2026 at 14:37:08 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 1, 2026 at 17:54:21 UTC
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