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The R-7 was the first two-stage intercontinental ballistic missile and rocket of the Soviet Union
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Historical references and scholarly documentation consistently confirm that the Soviet R-7 Semyorka was the world's first intercontinental ballistic missile and the basis for early Soviet space launch vehicles.

Evidence for · 8
Wikipedia: R-7 Semyorka
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Texas A & M University Press: The first space race : launching the world's first satellites
2004 · cited by 0
Mentions an ICBM that became the first satellite launch vehicle, but lacks specific details on the R-7 designation.
Published in association with Praxis Pub.: The Soyuz launch vehicle : the two lives of an engineering triumph
2013 · cited by 0
References the R-7 launch vehicle and the first Sputnik, though not explicitly as the first ICBM.
For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.: Rockets and people
2005 · cited by 0
Confirms the R-7 was the world's first intercontinental ballistic missile used by the Soviet Union.
Wikisource: NASA's Origins and the Dawn of the Space Age
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Discusses Cold War space rivalries and the launch of Sputnik 1 by the Soviets, but does not explicitly name the R-7.
Wikisource: Taming Liquid Hydrogen: The Centaur Upper Stage Rocket, 1958-2002/Chapter 1
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Refers to the development of the country's first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), matching the Soviet context.
Wikisource: Project Mercury - A Chronology/Part 1
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Discusses ballistic-entry vehicles launched with an existing ICBM propulsion system for early satellites.
OpenAIRE: The Encyclopedia of the Cold War: A Political, Social, and Military History, 5 Volume Set
2010 · cited by 0
Confirms the R-7 was an early intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) used by the Soviets to launch Sputnik 1.
Everything we examined (22)
  1. Wikipedia: R-7 Semyorkareferencesupports
  2. Book: New Frontiers in Astrobiologyreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  3. Book: Understanding Pulsars and Space Navigationsreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  4. Book: Rockets and Missilesreferencesupportsnot shown: a book whose author and subject did not establish authority here
  5. Texas A & M University Press: The first space race : launching the world's first satellitesreferencesupports
  6. Published in association with Praxis Pub.: The Soyuz launch vehicle : the two lives of an engineering triumphreferencesupports
  7. New York, McGraw-Hill: International missile and spacecraft guidereferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  8. Wiley: The complete book of spaceflight : from Apollo 1 to zero gravityreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  9. For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.: Rockets and peoplereferencesupports
  10. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics: 100 years of flight : a chronology of aerospace history, 1903-2003referenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  11. Facts On File/Checkmark Books: The Facts on File dictionary of space technologyreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  12. Arcsoft: Space almanac : facts, figures, names, dates, places, lists, charts, tables, maps covering space from earth to the edge of the universereferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  13. Wikisource: NASA's Origins and the Dawn of the Space Agereferencesupports
  14. Wikisource: Taming Liquid Hydrogen: The Centaur Upper Stage Rocket, 1958-2002/Chapter 1referencesupports
  15. Wikisource: Project Mercury - A Chronology/Part 1referencesupports
  16. OpenAIRE: The Encyclopedia of the Cold War: A Political, Social, and Military History, 5 Volume Setpeer-reviewedsupports
  17. OpenAIRE: 50 th anniversary of the laserpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  18. OpenAIRE: Taraxacum collinum DCpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  19. OpenAIRE: Historic British Royal Memespeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  20. OpenAIRE: Rīga Stradiņš University. (2019). International Conference on Medical and Health Care Sciences Knowledge for Use in Practice (Rīga, 1–3 April 2019): Abstracts.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  21. OpenAIRE: Caretta Rafinesque 1814peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  22. the nome nugget (nome, alaska) 1938-current: the nome nugget (nome, alaska) 1938-currentreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
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