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Maximum range: 2,500 km (1,500 mi). Number Standard Warheads: 1. Warhead yield: 50 KT. CEP: 2.26 km (1.40 mi). Boost Propulsion: Solid rocket. Initial Operational Capability: 1970. Total Number Built: 19. Subtopics RT-15M Russian submarine-launched ballistic missile. Under the original resolution in 1961 starting the RT-2 program, Makeyev was to develop a submarine-launched version of the RT-15, consisting of the first and second stages of the RT-2. It did not proceed beyond the study stage. Family: IRBM, vehicle-launched. Country: Russia. Launch Sites: Kapustin Yar, Kapustin Yar LC84, Kapustin Yar V-2. Stages: 15D94, 15D27. Agency: Arsenal. Bibliography: 2, 475, 476, 8553. Photo Gallery RT-15 1965 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1965 September 1 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar LC84. Launch Pad: LC84?. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). November 1966 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. First RT-15 launch in regiment test series. - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. 1967 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1967 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1967 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1969 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1969 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1969 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1970 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1970 March 1 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Back to top of page Home - Search - Browse - Alphabetic Index: 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9A- B- C- D- E- F- G- H- I- J- K- L- M- N- O- P- Q- R- S- T- U- V- W- X- Y- Z © 1997-2019 Mark Wade - Contact © / Conditions for Use
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Subtopics RT-15M Russian submarine-launched ballistic missile. Under the original resolution in 1961 starting the RT-2 program, Makeyev was to develop a submarine-launched version of the RT-15, consisting of the first and second stages of the RT-2. It did not proceed beyond the study stage. Family: IRBM, vehicle-launched. Country: Russia. Launch Sites: Kapustin Yar, Kapustin Yar LC84, Kapustin Yar V-2. Stages: 15D94, 15D27. Agency: Arsenal. Bibliography: 2, 475, 476, 8553. Photo Gallery RT-15 1965 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1965 September 1 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar LC84. Launch Pad: LC84?. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). November 1966 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. First RT-15 launch in regiment test series. - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. 1967 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1967 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1967 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1969 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1969 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1969 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1970 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1970 March 1 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Back to top of page Home - Search - Browse - Alphabetic Index: 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9A- B- C- D- E- F- G- H- I- J- K- L- M- N- O- P- Q- R- S- T- U- V- W- X- Y- Z © 1997-2019 Mark Wade - Contact © / Conditions for Use
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Decree 316-157 of 4 April 1961 authorized development of a family of solid propellant launch vehicles utilizing various combinations of three stages (the RT-2, RT-15, and RT-25). The RT-15 IRBM used the second and third stages of the RT-2 ICBM and was to be developed at TsKB-7 Arsenal in Leningrad under the direction of Pyotr A Tyurin. Both mobile and silo-based versions were designed. However work was stopped from 16 July 1963 to 25 December 1964 due to delays in development of the RT-2 on which the missile was based. Trials of the RT-15 using two 15P696 mobile launchers finally took place in 1965-1966. By that time the planned silo version was cancelled. The launcher was revealed publicly at the mammoth Moscow parade in 1967. TsKB-7 itself designed the first stage motors, with the solid propellant being developed by Vladimir S Shpak at GIPKh and produced by Yakov Savchenko at the Altaisk State Research Institute for Chemical Technology. Two variants of the second stage were developed in parallel. That flown on the first ten flights was developed by Mikhail Tsirulnikov at SKB-172 in Perm. The later variant was developed by the same team that produced the first stage. A variant using the Object 272 self-propelled-launcher based on the chassis of the T-10 tank was designed by Zh Ya Kotin at KB-3 at the Kirov Factory in Leningrad. The TTZ specification for this version was issued by GURVO on 24 September 1964. System integrator was V V Cherneskin at TsKB-34. A regiment of these launchers consisted of six launchers, one control vehicle, a MAZ-543 command vehicle, a position preparation vehicle, two diesel generators, and three 'Relef' communications/liaison vehicles. Trials were conducted at Kapustin Yar in 1965 to 1966 from launch areas 84 and 105. This version was paraded in Moscow in 1966. The complete mobile land-based launch complex (PBRK) underwent trials from November 1966 to March 1970. Twenty launches were made with this variant, including two dual salvo launches. Although series production was cancelled on 6 June 1969, it was recommended that an experimental regiment be formed to test the military utility of a mobile solid propellant missile. Some claim that this regiment went into service in Byelorussia in 1970 with 19 launchers of various types. Reportedly the Arsenal factory produced only 15 series RT-15's before production was ended. Maximum range: 2,500 km (1,500 mi). Number Standard Warheads: 1. Warhead yield: 50 KT. CEP: 2.26 km (1.40 mi). Boost Propulsion: Solid rocket. Initial Operational Capability: 1970. Total Number Built: 19. Subtopics RT-15M Russian submarine-launched ballistic missile. Under the original resolution in 1961 starting the RT-2 program, Makeyev was to develop a submarine-launched version of the RT-15, consisting of the first and second stages of the RT-2. It did not proceed beyond the study stage. Family: IRBM, vehicle-launched. Country: Russia. Launch Sites: Kapustin Yar, Kapustin Yar LC84, Kapustin Yar V-2. Stages: 15D94, 15D27. Agency: Arsenal. Bibliography: 2, 475, 476, 8553. Photo Gallery RT-15 1965 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1965 September 1 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar LC84. Launch Pad: LC84?. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). November 1966 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. First RT-15 launch in regiment test series. - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. 1967 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1967 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1967 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1969 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1969 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1969 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1970 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1970 March 1 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Back to top of page Home - Search - Browse - Alphabetic Index: 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9A- B- C- D- E- F- G- H- I- J- K- L- M- N- O- P- Q- R- S- T- U- V- W- X- Y- Z © 1997-2019 Mark Wade - Contact © / Conditions for Use
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The complete mobile land-based launch complex (PBRK) underwent trials from November 1966 to March 1970. Twenty launches were made with this variant, including two dual salvo launches. Although series production was cancelled on 6 June 1969, it was recommended that an experimental regiment be formed to test the military utility of a mobile solid propellant missile. Some claim that this regiment went into service in Byelorussia in 1970 with 19 launchers of various types. Reportedly the Arsenal factory produced only 15 series RT-15's before production was ended. Maximum range: 2,500 km (1,500 mi). Number Standard Warheads: 1. Warhead yield: 50 KT. CEP: 2.26 km (1.40 mi). Boost Propulsion: Solid rocket. Initial Operational Capability: 1970. Total Number Built: 19. Subtopics RT-15M Russian submarine-launched ballistic missile. Under the original resolution in 1961 starting the RT-2 program, Makeyev was to develop a submarine-launched version of the RT-15, consisting of the first and second stages of the RT-2. It did not proceed beyond the study stage. Family: IRBM, vehicle-launched. Country: Russia. Launch Sites: Kapustin Yar, Kapustin Yar LC84, Kapustin Yar V-2. Stages: 15D94, 15D27. Agency: Arsenal. Bibliography: 2, 475, 476, 8553. Photo Gallery RT-15 1965 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1965 September 1 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar LC84. Launch Pad: LC84?. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). November 1966 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. First RT-15 launch in regiment test series. - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. 1967 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1967 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1967 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1969 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1969 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1969 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1970 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1970 March 1 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. 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AKA: 15P696;8K96;Scamp;Scapegoat (Scamp);SS-14. Status: Retired 1970. First Launch: 1965-01-01. Last Launch: 1970-03-01. Number: 19 . Payload: 500 kg (1,100 lb). Thrust: 412.00 kN (92,621 lbf). Gross mass: 16,000 kg (35,000 lb). Height: 11.90 m (39.00 ft). Diameter: 1.49 m (4.88 ft). Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). Decree 316-157 of 4 April 1961 authorized development of a family of solid propellant launch vehicles utilizing various combinations of three stages (the RT-2, RT-15, and RT-25). The RT-15 IRBM used the second and third stages of the RT-2 ICBM and was to be developed at TsKB-7 Arsenal in Leningrad under the direction of Pyotr A Tyurin. Both mobile and silo-based versions were designed. However work was stopped from 16 July 1963 to 25 December 1964 due to delays in development of the RT-2 on which the missile was based. Trials of the RT-15 using two 15P696 mobile launchers finally took place in 1965-1966. By that time the planned silo version was cancelled. The launcher was revealed publicly at the mammoth Moscow parade in 1967. TsKB-7 itself designed the first stage motors, with the solid propellant being developed by Vladimir S Shpak at GIPKh and produced by Yakov Savchenko at the Altaisk State Research Institute for Chemical Technology. Two variants of the second stage were developed in parallel. That flown on the first ten flights was developed by Mikhail Tsirulnikov at SKB-172 in Perm. The later variant was developed by the same team that produced the first stage. A variant using the Object 272 self-propelled-launcher based on the chassis of the T-10 tank was designed by Zh Ya Kotin at KB-3 at the Kirov Factory in Leningrad. The TTZ specification for this version was issued by GURVO on 24 September 1964. System integrator was V V Cherneskin at TsKB-34. A regiment of these launchers consisted of six launchers, one control vehicle, a MAZ-543 command vehicle, a position preparation vehicle, two diesel generators, and three 'Relef' communications/liaison vehicles. Trials were conducted at Kapustin Yar in 1965 to 1966 from launch areas 84 and 105. This version was paraded in Moscow in 1966. The complete mobile land-based launch complex (PBRK) underwent trials from November 1966 to March 1970. Twenty launches were made with this variant, including two dual salvo launches. Although series production was cancelled on 6 June 1969, it was recommended that an experimental regiment be formed to test the military utility of a mobile solid propellant missile. Some claim that this regiment went into service in Byelorussia in 1970 with 19 launchers of various types. Reportedly the Arsenal factory produced only 15 series RT-15's before production was ended. Maximum range: 2,500 km (1,500 mi). Number Standard Warheads: 1. Warhead yield: 50 KT. CEP: 2.26 km (1.40 mi). Boost Propulsion: Solid rocket. Initial Operational Capability: 1970. Total Number Built: 19. Subtopics RT-15M Russian submarine-launched ballistic missile. Under the original resolution in 1961 starting the RT-2 program, Makeyev was to develop a submarine-launched version of the RT-15, consisting of the first and second stages of the RT-2. It did not proceed beyond the study stage. Family: IRBM, vehicle-launched. Country: Russia. Launch Sites: Kapustin Yar, Kapustin Yar LC84, Kapustin Yar V-2. Stages: 15D94, 15D27. Agency: Arsenal. Bibliography: 2, 475, 476, 8553. Photo Gallery RT-15 1965 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1965 September 1 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar LC84. Launch Pad: LC84?. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). November 1966 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. First RT-15 launch in regiment test series. - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. 1967 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1967 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1967 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1969 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1969 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1969 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1970 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1970 March 1 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Back to top of page Home - Search - Browse - Alphabetic Index: 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9A- B- C- D- E- F- G- H- I- J- K- L- M- N- O- P- Q- R- S- T- U- V- W- X- Y- Z © 1997-2019 Mark Wade - Contact © / Conditions for Use
A variant using the Object 272 self-propelled-launcher based on the chassis of the T-10 tank was designed by Zh Ya Kotin at KB-3 at the Kirov Factory in Leningrad. The TTZ specification for this version was issued by GURVO on 24 September 1964. System integrator was V V Cherneskin at TsKB-34. A regiment of these launchers consisted of six launchers, one control vehicle, a MAZ-543 command vehicle, a position preparation vehicle, two diesel generators, and three 'Relef' communications/liaison vehicles. Trials were conducted at Kapustin Yar in 1965 to 1966 from launch areas 84 and 105. This version was paraded in Moscow in 1966. The complete mobile land-based launch complex (PBRK) underwent trials from November 1966 to March 1970. Twenty launches were made with this variant, including two dual salvo launches. Although series production was cancelled on 6 June 1969, it was recommended that an experimental regiment be formed to test the military utility of a mobile solid propellant missile. Some claim that this regiment went into service in Byelorussia in 1970 with 19 launchers of various types. Reportedly the Arsenal factory produced only 15 series RT-15's before production was ended. Maximum range: 2,500 km (1,500 mi). Number Standard Warheads: 1. Warhead yield: 50 KT. CEP: 2.26 km (1.40 mi). Boost Propulsion: Solid rocket. Initial Operational Capability: 1970. Total Number Built: 19. Subtopics RT-15M Russian submarine-launched ballistic missile. Under the original resolution in 1961 starting the RT-2 program, Makeyev was to develop a submarine-launched version of the RT-15, consisting of the first and second stages of the RT-2. It did not proceed beyond the study stage. Family: IRBM, vehicle-launched. Country: Russia. Launch Sites: Kapustin Yar, Kapustin Yar LC84, Kapustin Yar V-2. Stages: 15D94, 15D27. Agency: Arsenal. Bibliography: 2, 475, 476, 8553. Photo Gallery RT-15 1965 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1965 September 1 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar LC84. Launch Pad: LC84?. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). November 1966 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. First RT-15 launch in regiment test series. - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. 1967 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1967 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1967 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1969 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1969 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1969 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1970 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1970 March 1 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Back to top of page Home - Search - Browse - Alphabetic Index: 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9A- B- C- D- E- F- G- H- I- J- K- L- M- N- O- P- Q- R- S- T- U- V- W- X- Y- Z © 1997-2019 Mark Wade - Contact © / Conditions for Use
The linked Zemax files are a theoretical approximation of the performance of each lens. In place of a grooved structure, each file models a sloped surface with infinitesimal thickness at each radial position. This creates limitations, including the inability to view scattering information due to the pitch and groove spacing of the lens. In addition, the optical coefficients in each file are not from the data used at manufacturing; the coefficients are calculated using the necessary optical prescription to focus collimated light at the proper axial distance from the back surface of the lens. These limitations reduce the realistic modeling of the Fresnel lenses sold below.
Subtopics RT-15M Russian submarine-launched ballistic missile. Under the original resolution in 1961 starting the RT-2 program, Makeyev was to develop a submarine-launched version of the RT-15, consisting of the first and second stages of the RT-2. It did not proceed beyond the study stage. Family: IRBM, vehicle-launched. Country: Russia. Launch Sites: Kapustin Yar, Kapustin Yar LC84, Kapustin Yar V-2. Stages: 15D94, 15D27. Agency: Arsenal. Bibliography: 2, 475, 476, 8553. Photo Gallery RT-15 1965 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1965 September 1 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar LC84. Launch Pad: LC84?. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). November 1966 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. First RT-15 launch in regiment test series. - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. 1967 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1967 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1967 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1969 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1969 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1969 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1970 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1970 March 1 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Back to top of page Home - Search - Browse - Alphabetic Index: 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9A- B- C- D- E- F- G- H- I- J- K- L- M- N- O- P- Q- R- S- T- U- V- W- X- Y- Z © 1997-2019 Mark Wade - Contact © / Conditions for Use
Rt 15NJ
Fresnel lenses are often used to homogenize the output of LEDs, focus light onto a point detector, or concentrate sunlight into solar cells. For the lenses sold on this page, each step has a 10° pitch (illustrated by the diagram in the Specs tab). This pitch angle causes distortions that make the lenses unsuitable for imaging applications.
Maximum range: 2,500 km (1,500 mi). Number Standard Warheads: 1. Warhead yield: 50 KT. CEP: 2.26 km (1.40 mi). Boost Propulsion: Solid rocket. Initial Operational Capability: 1970. Total Number Built: 19. Subtopics RT-15M Russian submarine-launched ballistic missile. Under the original resolution in 1961 starting the RT-2 program, Makeyev was to develop a submarine-launched version of the RT-15, consisting of the first and second stages of the RT-2. It did not proceed beyond the study stage. Family: IRBM, vehicle-launched. Country: Russia. Launch Sites: Kapustin Yar, Kapustin Yar LC84, Kapustin Yar V-2. Stages: 15D94, 15D27. Agency: Arsenal. Bibliography: 2, 475, 476, 8553. Photo Gallery RT-15 1965 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1965 September 1 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar LC84. Launch Pad: LC84?. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). November 1966 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. First RT-15 launch in regiment test series. - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. 1967 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1967 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1967 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1969 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1969 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1969 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1970 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1970 March 1 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Back to top of page Home - Search - Browse - Alphabetic Index: 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9A- B- C- D- E- F- G- H- I- J- K- L- M- N- O- P- Q- R- S- T- U- V- W- X- Y- Z © 1997-2019 Mark Wade - Contact © / Conditions for Use
Trials of the RT-15 using two 15P696 mobile launchers finally took place in 1965-1966. By that time the planned silo version was cancelled. The launcher was revealed publicly at the mammoth Moscow parade in 1967. TsKB-7 itself designed the first stage motors, with the solid propellant being developed by Vladimir S Shpak at GIPKh and produced by Yakov Savchenko at the Altaisk State Research Institute for Chemical Technology. Two variants of the second stage were developed in parallel. That flown on the first ten flights was developed by Mikhail Tsirulnikov at SKB-172 in Perm. The later variant was developed by the same team that produced the first stage. A variant using the Object 272 self-propelled-launcher based on the chassis of the T-10 tank was designed by Zh Ya Kotin at KB-3 at the Kirov Factory in Leningrad. The TTZ specification for this version was issued by GURVO on 24 September 1964. System integrator was V V Cherneskin at TsKB-34. A regiment of these launchers consisted of six launchers, one control vehicle, a MAZ-543 command vehicle, a position preparation vehicle, two diesel generators, and three 'Relef' communications/liaison vehicles. Trials were conducted at Kapustin Yar in 1965 to 1966 from launch areas 84 and 105. This version was paraded in Moscow in 1966. The complete mobile land-based launch complex (PBRK) underwent trials from November 1966 to March 1970. Twenty launches were made with this variant, including two dual salvo launches. Although series production was cancelled on 6 June 1969, it was recommended that an experimental regiment be formed to test the military utility of a mobile solid propellant missile. Some claim that this regiment went into service in Byelorussia in 1970 with 19 launchers of various types. Reportedly the Arsenal factory produced only 15 series RT-15's before production was ended. Maximum range: 2,500 km (1,500 mi). Number Standard Warheads: 1. Warhead yield: 50 KT. CEP: 2.26 km (1.40 mi). Boost Propulsion: Solid rocket. Initial Operational Capability: 1970. Total Number Built: 19. Subtopics RT-15M Russian submarine-launched ballistic missile. Under the original resolution in 1961 starting the RT-2 program, Makeyev was to develop a submarine-launched version of the RT-15, consisting of the first and second stages of the RT-2. It did not proceed beyond the study stage. Family: IRBM, vehicle-launched. Country: Russia. Launch Sites: Kapustin Yar, Kapustin Yar LC84, Kapustin Yar V-2. Stages: 15D94, 15D27. Agency: Arsenal. Bibliography: 2, 475, 476, 8553. Photo Gallery RT-15 1965 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1965 September 1 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar LC84. Launch Pad: LC84?. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). November 1966 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. First RT-15 launch in regiment test series. - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. 1967 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1967 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1967 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1968 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1969 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1969 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1969 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1970 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1970 March 1 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-15. Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Back to top of page Home - Search - Browse - Alphabetic Index: 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9A- B- C- D- E- F- G- H- I- J- K- L- M- N- O- P- Q- R- S- T- U- V- W- X- Y- Z © 1997-2019 Mark Wade - Contact © / Conditions for Use
Our lenses are offered in 1/2", 1", and 2" diameters, and they provide high transmission in the 400 - 1100 nm spectral range (see graph at right). As shown in the schematic at the top of the page, they consist of a grooved side and a plano side. In order to minimize the substrate thickness, stepwise discontinuities are introduced at regular radial spacings, creating grooves. Hence, Fresnel lenses can be thought of as a series of concentric rings.