V-2 rocket

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The V-2 rocket was a German World War II ballistic missile and the world’s first long-range guided rocket weapon, pioneering technologies later used in space exploration.

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Generate an image of a v-2 rocket (The V-2 rocket was a German World War II ballistic missile and the world’s first long-range guided rocket weapon, pioneering technologies later used in space exploration.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German military equipment ⓘ
World War II weapon ⓘ
ballistic missile ⓘ
liquid-fueled rocket ⓘ
long-range guided rocket weapon ⓘ
alsoKnownAs A4 rocket ⓘ
linked to: V-2 rocket

Aggregat 4 ⓘ
Vergeltungswaffe 2 ⓘ
linked to: V-2 rocket
associatedCamp Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp ⓘ
causedForcedLaborDeaths around 12,000 concentration camp prisoners ⓘ
chiefDesigner Wernher von Braun ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Nazi Germany ⓘ
crossedKarmanLine yes ⓘ
designedBy Peenemünde research team ⓘ
Walter Dornberger ⓘ
developedAt Peenemünde Army Research Center ⓘ
developedBy German Army ⓘ
diameter 1.65 m ⓘ
engineType liquid-fuel rocket engine ⓘ
enteredSpace yes ⓘ
explosiveFilling Amatol ⓘ
firstCombatUseDate 1944-09-08 ⓘ
firstCombatUseLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Paris ⓘ
guidanceSystem inertial guidance ⓘ
influenced R-1 rocket ⓘ
Redstone rocket ⓘ
linked to: V-2 rocket

early space launch vehicles ⓘ
killedApproximately around 9,000 civilians and military personnel ⓘ
launchMass approximately 12,500 kg ⓘ
launchPlatform mobile launch platform ⓘ
length 14.0 m ⓘ
manufacturedAt Mittelwerk underground factory ⓘ
maximumAltitude approximately 80–90 km ⓘ
maximumRange approximately 320 km ⓘ
notablePostwarUser Soviet Union ⓘ
United States ⓘ
notableTarget Antwerp ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
numberBuilt over 3,000 ⓘ
numberLaunchedInCombat over 3,000 ⓘ
partOf V-weapons program ⓘ
linked to: V-2 rocket
postwarInfluenceOn Soviet rocket program ⓘ
United States rocket program ⓘ
productionPeriod 1943–1945 ⓘ
propellantType liquid oxygen and ethanol ⓘ
stabilization gyroscopic stabilization ⓘ
technologyPioneered inertial guidance for rockets ⓘ
large-scale liquid-fuel rocketry ⓘ
supersonic ballistic flight ⓘ
thrust approximately 25 metric tons ⓘ
usedAgainst Belgium ⓘ
France ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
usedBy Nazi Germany ⓘ
usedFor early upper-atmosphere research postwar ⓘ
warheadMass approximately 1,000 kg ⓘ
warheadType high-explosive ⓘ

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Luftwaffe → usedWeapon → V-2 rocket ⓘ
V-1 flying bomb → programName → V-weapons program ⓘ
linked to: V-2 rocket
V-1 flying bomb → successor → V-2 rocket ⓘ
V-2 rocket → alsoKnownAs → A4 rocket ⓘ
linked to: V-2 rocket
V-2 rocket → alsoKnownAs → Vergeltungswaffe 2 ⓘ
linked to: V-2 rocket
V-2 rocket → partOf → V-weapons program ⓘ
linked to: V-2 rocket
V-2 rocket → influenced → Redstone rocket ⓘ
linked to: V-2 rocket
Reich Ministry of Armaments and War Production → associatedWith → V-2 rocket program ⓘ
linked to: V-2 rocket
Space Race → influencedBy → German V-2 rocket program ⓘ
linked to: V-2 rocket
Aggregat 4 → alsoKnownAs → V-2 rocket ⓘ
Aggregat 4 → codename → V-2 ⓘ
linked to: V-2 rocket
Peenemünde Army Research Center → notableProject → A4 rocket ⓘ
linked to: V-2 rocket
Wernher von Braun → notableWork → V-2 rocket ⓘ
T-Stoff → notableUseInMissile → V-2 rocket (A4) auxiliary systems ⓘ
linked to: V-2 rocket
Operation Crossbow → mainSubject → V-2 rocket ⓘ
subject linked to: film "Operation Crossbow"
Walter Dornberger → notableWork → V-2 rocket program ⓘ
linked to: V-2 rocket
Walter Dornberger → notableProject → V-2 rocket ⓘ
R-1 rocket → basedOn → V-2 rocket ⓘ
R-1 rocket → copyOf → V-2 rocket ⓘ
R-1 rocket → precededBy → V-2 rocket ⓘ
Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp → associatedWith → V-2 rocket program ⓘ
linked to: V-2 rocket
Redstone rocket → derivativeOf → German V-2 rocket ⓘ
linked to: V-2 rocket
La Coupole bunker → weaponSystem → V-2 rocket ⓘ
R-1 missile → basedOn → V-2 rocket ⓘ
R-1 missile → developedFrom → German V-2 technology ⓘ
linked to: V-2 rocket
R-2 missile → derivedFrom → V-2 rocket ⓘ
Vergeltungswaffe 2 → hasAlias → V-2 rocket ⓘ
Arthur Rudolph → notableWork → V-2 rocket ⓘ
Operation Paperclip → recruitedFrom → German V-2 rocket program ⓘ
linked to: V-2 rocket
The Mars Project → influencedBy → German V-2 rocket program ⓘ
linked to: V-2 rocket
Franz Pökler → worksOn → V-2 rocket program ⓘ
linked to: V-2 rocket
A3 rocket → successor → V-2 rocket ⓘ
A3 rocket → influenced → V-2 guidance system ⓘ
linked to: V-2 rocket
A5 rocket → precedes → V-2 rocket ⓘ
A-4 rocket → alsoKnownAs → V-2 rocket ⓘ
Mittelwerk → product → Aggregat 4 (V-2) rockets ⓘ
subject linked to: Kohnstein mountain
linked to: V-2 rocket
Army Ballistic Missile Agency → usedTechnologyFrom → German V-2 rocket program ⓘ
linked to: V-2 rocket
"Heroes" → hasBside → V-2 Schneider ⓘ
subject linked to: “Heroes”
linked to: V-2 rocket
Walter Thiel → participantIn → German rocket program ⓘ
linked to: V-2 rocket
"Heroes" → bSide → "V-2 Schneider" ⓘ
subject linked to: Heroes
linked to: V-2 rocket
Ernst Stuhlinger → workedOn → V-2 rocket program ⓘ
linked to: V-2 rocket
Bauvorhaben 21 → intendedToLaunch → V-2 rocket ⓘ
Bauvorhaben 21 → relatedTo → V-2 rocket program ⓘ
linked to: V-2 rocket
Peenemünde → associatedWith → German rocket program ⓘ
linked to: V-2 rocket