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Russian launch vehicles
Early Russian/Soviet launch vehicles were based on ballistic missiles (see "R" series of Russian missiles) and various naming schemes have sprung up to identify particular rockets. These include the official Russian "R" designations and various Western names (assigned by the United States Department of Defense, NATO, and others) for the original military missiles, and further names for the derived space rockets, including manufacturers’ codes and names derived from the major types of satellite launched. For example, the rocket that placed the first satellite in orbit is known as Sputnik (after the satellite), 8K71PS (the manufacturer's index), R-7 (the ballistic missile from which it was derived), SL-1 (the American Department of Defense designation for the missile), and SS-66 and Sapwood (the NATO code number and name for the missile). More recently, the Russians have given specific names to their rockets.
See:
Angara
Buran
Cosmos launch vehicle
Dnepr
Energia
Molniya launch vehicle
N-1
Proton
Rockot
Shtil
Soyuz launch vehicle
Sputnik launch vehicle
Start
Strela
Tsyklon
Volna
Voskhod launch vehicle
Vostok launch vehicle
Zenit
Related category
• ROCKETS, MISSILES, AND LAUNCH VEHICLES
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