R-7

Key facts

Type

Ballistic missile

Place of origin

Soviet Union

In service

9 February 1959 – 1968

Used by

Strategic Missile Troops

Wars

Cold War

Designer

Sergei Korolev

Designed

From 1953

Variants

See Variants

Mass

280 metric tons (280 long tons; 310 short tons)

Height

37 m (121 ft)

Diameter

10.3 m (34 ft)

Effective firing range

8,000–8,800 km (5,000–5,500 mi)

Warhead