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V-2 rocket

The V-2 rocket (German: Vergeltungswaffe 2, lit. 'Vengeance Weapon 2'), with the development name Aggregat-4 (A4), was the world's first practical, modern ballistic missile and suborbital launch vehicle. The missile, powered by a liquid-propellant rocket engine, was developed during the Second World War in Nazi Germany as a "vengeance weapon" and…

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.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Maximum speed
Maximum: 5,760 km/h (3,580 mph) · At impact: 2,880 km/h (1,790 mph)
Designer
Peenemünde Army Research Center
Detonation mechanism
Impact
Diameter
1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Flight altitude
88 km (55 mi) maximum altitude on long-range trajectory · 206 km (128 mi) maximum altitude if launched vertically
Guidance system
Gyroscopes to determine direction · Electronic course correction autopilot · Müller-type pendulous gyroscopic accelerometer for engine cutoff on most production rockets: 225

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related to Testing · 26
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related to Targets · 24
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related to Post-war use · 21
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Used by · 5
V-2 rocket → Soviet Union, SS, United Kingdom, United States, Wehrmacht
Guidance system · 3
V-2 rocket → Electronic course correction autopilot, Gyroscopes to determine direction, Müller-type pendulous gyroscopic accelerometer for engine cutoff on most production rockets: 225
Propellant · 3
V-2 rocket → 25% water, 3,810 kg (8,400 lb) 75% Ethanol, 4,910 kg (10,820 lb) liquid oxygen
.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Maximum speed · 2
V-2 rocket → At impact: 2,880 km/h (1,790 mph), Maximum: 5,760 km/h (3,580 mph)
Flight altitude · 2
V-2 rocket → 206 km (128 mi) maximum altitude if launched vertically, 88 km (55 mi) maximum altitude on long-range trajectory

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V-2 rocket.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Maximum speedMaximum: 5,760 km/h (3,580 mph)1.00infobox
V-2 rocket.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Maximum speedAt impact: 2,880 km/h (1,790 mph)1.00infobox
V-2 rocketDesignerPeenemünde Army Research Center1.00infobox
V-2 rocketDetonation mechanismImpact1.00infobox
V-2 rocketDiameter1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)1.00infobox
V-2 rocketFlight altitude88 km (55 mi) maximum altitude on long-range trajectory1.00infobox
V-2 rocketFlight altitude206 km (128 mi) maximum altitude if launched vertically1.00infobox
V-2 rocketGuidance systemGyroscopes to determine direction1.00infobox
V-2 rocketGuidance systemElectronic course correction autopilot1.00infobox
V-2 rocketGuidance systemMüller-type pendulous gyroscopic accelerometer for engine cutoff on most production rockets: 2251.00infobox
V-2 rocketIn service1944–19521.00infobox
V-2 rocketLaunch platformMobile (Meillerwagen)1.00infobox
V-2 rocketLength14 m (45 ft 11 in)1.00infobox
V-2 rocketManufacturerMittelwerk GmbH1.00infobox
V-2 rocketMass12,500 kg (27,600 lb)1.00infobox
V-2 rocketNo. builtApprox 6,000, including test models: 2631.00infobox
V-2 rocketOperational range320 km (200 mi)1.00infobox
V-2 rocketPlace of originNazi Germany1.00infobox
V-2 rocketProduced16 March 1942 – 1945 (Nazi)1.00infobox
V-2 rocketProducedSome assembled post-war1.00infobox
V-2 rocketPropellant3,810 kg (8,400 lb) 75% Ethanol1.00infobox
V-2 rocketPropellant25% water1.00infobox
V-2 rocketPropellant4,910 kg (10,820 lb) liquid oxygen1.00infobox
V-2 rocketTypeSingle-stage ballistic missile1.00infobox
V-2 rocketUnit costJanuary 1944: 100,000 RM1.00infobox
V-2 rocketUnit costMarch 1945: 50,000 RM1.00infobox
V-2 rocketUsed byWehrmacht1.00infobox
V-2 rocketUsed bySS1.00infobox
V-2 rocketUsed byUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
V-2 rocketUsed byUnited States1.00infobox

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