R-21 R-21
Credit: © Mark Wade
Russian submarine-launched ballistic missile. First flight 1962. NATO code Serb may apply to SS-N-6 instead. First subsurface launched SLBM (development began at OKB- 586 and transferred to SKB-385).
AKA: 4K55;D-4;K-1;Serb;SS-N-5. Status: Retired 1989. First Launch: 1960年05月01日. Last Launch: 1967年01月01日. Number: 6 . Payload: 910 kg (2,000 lb). Gross mass: 17,700 kg (39,000 lb). Height: 12.90 m (42.30 ft). Diameter: 1.42 m (4.65 ft). Span: 1.42 m (4.65 ft). Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).
Maximum range: 1,400 km (800 mi). Number Standard Warheads: 1. Warhead yield: 800 KT. CEP: 3.23 km (2.00 mi). Boost Propulsion: Storable liquid rocket. Initial Operational Capability: 1963.
Subtopics
R-21A Russian submarine-launched ballistic missile. Version of R-21 SLBM on Yankee submarines.
Family:
Sea-Launched,
submarine-launched.
Country:
Russia.
Engines:
S5.3.
Launch Sites:
Black Sea Launch Area.
Stages:
R-21-1.
Agency:
Makeyev bureau.
Bibliography:
2.
1960 May 1 - .
Launch Site:
Black Sea Launch Area.
Launch Pad: 45.0 N x 35.0 E.
Launch Vehicle:
R-21.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Russia.
Agency: RVSN.
Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi).
1961 - .
Launch Site:
Black Sea Launch Area.
Launch Pad: 45.0 N x 35.0 E.
Launch Platform: S-229.
Launch Vehicle:
R-21.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Russia.
Agency: RVSN.
Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi).
1961 October 1 - .
Launch Site:
Black Sea Launch Area.
Launch Pad: 45.0 N x 35.0 E.
Launch Platform: S-229.
Launch Vehicle:
R-21.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Russia.
Agency: RVSN.
Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi).
1962 February 24 - .
Launch Site:
Sea Launch Area.
Launch Pad: UNKPL.
Launch Platform: HOTEL2.
Launch Vehicle:
R-21.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Russia.
Agency: RVSN.
Apogee: 293 km (182 mi).
1963 - .
Launch Site:
Sea Launch Area.
Launch Pad: UNKPL.
Launch Platform: HOTEL2.
Launch Vehicle:
R-21.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Russia.
Agency: RVSN.
Apogee: 293 km (182 mi).
1967 - .
Launch Site:
Sea Launch Area.
Launch Pad: UNKPL.
Launch Platform: GOLF2.
Launch Vehicle:
R-21.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Russia.
Agency: RVSN.
Apogee: 293 km (182 mi).
