V-2 launch

V-2,Vergeltungswaffe(vengeance weapon) 2 also known as A4 was the first ballistic missile and first man-made object launched into space.Early rockets had no guidance system at all and could be aimed only in a general direction.

Over 3,000 V-2s were launched by the German Wehrmacht against Allied targets in World War II. After the war ended, many members of the rocket team that developed the V-2, including Wernher von Braun, went to the United States or the Soviet Union and assisted in the development new ballistic missile programs.


General Characteristics of V-2

Manufacturer: Mittelwerk
Entered service: 1944
Engine: 8,380 lb (3,810 kg) of 75% ethanol and 25% water + 10,800 lb (4,910 kg) liquid oxygen
Launch mass: 27576 lb (12508 kg)
Length: 46 ft (14 m)
Diameter: 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Wingspan: 11 ft 8 in (3.56 m)
Speed maximum: 1.6 km/s (about 3,580 mph); at impact 800 m/s (about 1,780 mph)
Range: 200 miles (322 km)
Flying altitude: 55 miles (88.5 km) maximum
Warhead: 2150 lb (977 kg) Amatol
Guidance Gyroscopes for attitude control

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• V-2
• rocket
• launch
• aviation
• space
• World
• War
• II
• Vergeltungswaffe

[101andrewj]

those nifty germans