Aggregat-4/Vergeltungswaffe-2
Peenemünde Museum replica of V-2
Type	Single-stage ballistic missile
Place of origin	Nazi Germany
Service history
In service	1944–1952
Used by	German Army SS Post-war: United Kingdom United States Soviet Union
Production history
Designer	Peenemünde Army Research Center
Manufacturer	Mittelwerk GmbH
Unit cost	100,000 RM January 1944, 50,000 RM March 1945
Produced	16 March 1942 – 1945 (Germany) Some assembled post-war
Specifications
Mass	12,500 kg (27,600 lb)
Length	14 m (45 ft 11 in)
Diameter	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Warhead	1,000 kg (2,200 lb); Amatol (explosive weight: 910 kg)
Detonation mechanism	Impact
Wingspan	3.56 m (11 ft 8 in)
Propellant	3,810 kg (8,400 lb) 75% ethanol 25% water 4,910 kg (10,820 lb) liquid oxygen
Operational range	320 km (200 mi)
Flight altitude	88 km (55 mi) maximum altitude on long-range trajectory 206 km (128 mi) maximum altitude if launched vertically
Maximum speed	Maximum: 5,760 km/h (3,580 mph) At impact: 2,880 km/h (1,790 mph)
Guidance system	Gyroscopes to determine direction Müller-type pendulous gyroscopic accelerometer for engine cutoff on most production rockets:225
Launch platform	Mobile (Meillerwagen)

The V-2 rocket (German: Vergeltungswaffe 2) was the world's first ballistic missile and first human object to fly in space. All modern rockets are based on the V2 design.

The first successful launch was from Peenemünde on 3 October, 1942, reaching a height of 192 km.^:7 The V2 was designed by Nazis to bomb London, Antwerp and other European cities. It travelled at four times the speed of sound so was impossible to shoot down.