R-9A rocket

The R-9A "Desna" was a Soviet ICBM.

Fuel: kerosyne + oxygen

Control system by NII-885 of N.A.Pilyugin and M.S.Ryazanski.

Hygoscopes by NII-944 of V.I.Kuznetsov.

Launcher by GSKB "Spetsmash" of V.P.Barmin.

First stage engine RD-111 (8D716) by OKB-456 of V.P.Glushko.

Second stage engine RO-9 (8D715) by OKB-154 of S.A.Kosberg.

1.65Mt ("light") and 2.3Mt ("heavy") warheads.

Tested at "ground No 51" at NIIP-5 (Baikonur/Tura-Tam) until crash in October 1962.

Serial production at facility No1 in Kuibyshev.

Deployed 2 regiments of ground based missiles at Kozelsk, 1 regiment of ground based missiles at Plesetsk, 1 regiment of underground silo missiles at Kozelsk.

External link: R-9A