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Space launch vehicle Volna, is a converted submarine-launched ballistic missile used for launching satellites into orbit. It is based on the R-29R designed by State Rocket Center Makayev and related t
A Volna rocket with the Cosmos 1 is loaded into the launch tube of K-496 Borisoglebsk submarine, photo by The Planetary Society
A submarine-launched ballistic missile is a ballistic missile capable of being launched from submarines. SLBMs almost exclusively carry one or multiple nuclear warheads, and play an important role in
Volna
…Space launch vehicle Volna (Russian: Волна, lit. 'wave'), is a converted submarine-launched ballistic missile used for launching satellites into orbit. It is based on the R-29R designed by State Rocket Center Makayev and related to the Shtil' Launch Vehicle…
Polaris A-1 on launch pad LC-25A in Cape Canaveral
A Trident II missile just after launch.
Montage of the launch of a Trident I C-4 SLBM and the paths of its reentry vehicles
Selected US SLBMs. L to R: Polaris A1, Polaris A2, Polaris A3, Poseidon, Trident I and Trident II