Redstone missile family

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The Redstone missile family comprises early U.S. Army short-range ballistic missiles and their derivatives, which played a key role in both military deployment and the beginnings of American crewed spaceflight.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Redstone missile 9
PGM-11 Redstone 4
Redstone missile family canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ballistic missile family
basedOn German V-2 rocket technology
category Cold War ballistic missiles of the United States
U.S. Army equipment
United States space launch vehicles
countryOfOrigin United States
deploymentCountry West Germany
deploymentRegion Western Europe
developedAt Redstone Arsenal
developedBy Army Ballistic Missile Agency
developedIn Huntsville, Alabama
era Cold War
fuel ethyl alcohol
guidanceSystem inertial guidance
hasMember Juno I
linked to: Jupiter-C rocket

Jupiter-C
linked to: Jupiter-C rocket

Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle
PGM-11 Redstone
Saturn I (heritage)
linked to: Saturn I

Sparta rocket
historicalRole first large U.S. ballistic missile deployed by the Army
precursor to U.S. orbital launch vehicles
influenced Saturn I launch vehicle design
linked to: Saturn I
keyPerson Eberhard Rees
Hermann Oberth
Wernher von Braun
notableEvent launch of Explorer 1 using Jupiter-C derivative
launch of Mercury-Redstone 4 (second U.S. crewed suborbital flight)
launch of first American in space using Mercury-Redstone 3
operator United States Army
oxidizer liquid oxygen
propellantType liquid-fueled
rangeClass short-range ballistic missile
serviceBranch U.S. Army Field Artillery Branch
serviceEntryYear 1958
status retired
successor Jupiter IRBM (for longer range role)
linked to: Jupiter missile

Pershing missile family
technologyTransfer from German V-2 team to U.S. Army
typicalRange approximately 320 km
usedBy NASA
Royal Australian Navy (Sparta program collaboration)
usedFor crewed suborbital spaceflight
research and development testing
satellite launch
tactical nuclear strike
warheadType conventional high-explosive capable
nuclear warhead capable

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Redstone rocket family Redstone missile family
Vergeltungswaffe 2 successorInfluenceOn Redstone missile
linked to: Redstone missile family
Arthur Rudolph workedOn Redstone missile
linked to: Redstone missile family
Jupiter-C basedOn Redstone missile
subject linked to: Jupiter-C rocket
linked to: Redstone missile family
Jupiter-C relatedMissile PGM-11 Redstone
subject linked to: Jupiter-C rocket
linked to: Redstone missile family
Army Ballistic Missile Agency notableProject Redstone missile
linked to: Redstone missile family
Army Ballistic Missile Agency developed PGM-11 Redstone
linked to: Redstone missile family
Mercury-Redstone rocket developedFrom Redstone missile
linked to: Redstone missile family
Redstone missile family hasMember PGM-11 Redstone
linked to: Redstone missile family
Jupiter missile relatedTo Redstone missile
linked to: Redstone missile family
Mark 5 nuclear bomb usedAsWarheadFor Redstone missile
linked to: Redstone missile family
W49 warhead usedOnWeaponSystem Redstone missile
linked to: Redstone missile family
Rocketdyne A-7 usedIn PGM-11 Redstone
linked to: Redstone missile family
Rocketdyne A-7 usedIn Redstone missile
linked to: Redstone missile family