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RT-1 ICBM

Specifications

DIA

     

NATO

     

Bilateral

     

Service

 

RT-1

RT-1-63

OKB/Industry

 

(8k95-63)

(8K95-1963)

Design Bureau

 

OKB-1, Acad. S. P. Korolev

OKB-1, Acad. S. P. Korolev

Approved

 

11-20-59

11-20-59

Years of R&D

 

1958/59 -1962

1962,-1963/1964

Engineering and Testing

 

1960 –1963

1962 -1963

First Flight Test

 

04/28/1962 failure 3/18/1963 success cancelled

9-11/ /1965, 2 failures one success cancelled

IOC

 

N/A

N/A

Deployment Date

 

N/A

N/A

Type of Warhead

 

Single

Single

Warheads

 

1

1

Yield (Mt)

 

0.5 -1.0

0.6 -1.0

Payload (t)

 

0.5 - 0.8

0.8

Total length (m)

 

18.0

18.3

Total length w/o warhead (m)

     

Missile Diameter (m)

 

2.0

2.0

Launch Weight (t)

 

35.5-36.0 (34)

34 –35.5

Fuel Weight (t)

     

Range (km)

 

1,850-2,000

2,400-2,500

CEP (m) (Russian Sources)

     

CEP (m) Western Sources)

     

Number of Stages

 

3

3

Canister length (m)

     

Canister length w/o

front meters (m)

     

Canister diameter (m)

     

Booster guidance system

 

Inertial

Inertial

   

1st stage

 

2nd stage

3rd Stage

Length (m)

 

4.6-4.8

 

3.9-4.0

2.8

Body diameter (m)

 

1.6 x 4

 

1.5 x 4

1.4

Fueled weight (t)

         

Dry weight (t)

         

Engine Designation

         

configuration

         

Design Bureau

         

Years of R & D

         

Propellants

 

Solid Propellant

 

Solid Propellant

Solid Propellant

Fuel

 

Solid Propellant

 

Solid Propellant

Solid Propellant

Oxidizer

 

Solid Propellant

 

Solid Propellant

Solid Propellant

Burning time (sec.)

 

30 -32

 

17.5 -30

30 - 42

Thrust Sea Level/Vacuum (Tonnes)

 

100

 

51

25

Specific Impulse Sea Level/Vacuum (sec.)

 

204

 

223

 

Basing Mode

 

N/A

 

Hardness

     

Launching Technique

 

Hot Launch

 

Deployed boosters

 

0

 

Test Boosters

     

Warheads Deployed

 

0

 

Deployment Sites

 

0

 

Training Launchers

 

0

 

Space Booster Variant

 

N/A

 

Sources and Resources



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