60 Years ago Sputnik1 became the first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet rocket program on board a modified R7 ICBM designed by Sergey Korolev. Over the subsequent decades the R7 continue to fly and go on to launch over 1000 times in its various iterations Sputnik, Luna, Vostok, Voskhod, Molniya and Soyuz. The R7 is by far the most prolific orbit capable rocket?

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