V-2 ballistic missile (A4)
Misil balístico V-2 (A4)
- Date
- 1942–1944 · confidence high
- Place
- Peenemünde, Usedom, Germany
- Credited to
- Wernher von Braun and Walter Dornberger (Heeresversuchsanstalt Peenemünde); first successful flight 3-10-1942
- People
- 👤 Walter Dornberger1895–1980👤 Wernher von Braun1912–1977
- Field
- Conflict
What it is
First long-range guided ballistic missile and first artificial object to reach space (1944). Built by prisoners at Mittelwerk, it killed more people in its production than in its use.
What it led to
- US and Soviet space programmes (Operation Paperclip)
- Nuclear ballistic missiles and deterrence
- Inertial guidance and telemetry
Built on
Made possible
- V-1 flying bomb (pulsejet cruise missile)1942-1944
- Blunt-body theory for atmospheric re-entry (Allen and Eggers)1951-1953
- Orbital launch vehicle and ICBM (R-7 Semyorka)1957
- Astérix and the Diamant launcher (France, third space power)26 de noviembre de 1965
- Dong Fang Hong 1 and the Long March 1 rocket24 de abril de 1970
- Prospero and the Black Arrow rocket (United Kingdom)28 de octubre de 1971
- Ofek-1 and the Shavit launcher (Israel)19 de septiembre de 1988
- Redstone and Saturn V
- R-7 and Sputnik