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BrieflaunchSep 6, 2026

On this day in space! Sept. 6, 1947: The US Navy launches 1st V-2 rocket at sea in ballistic missile test

The test, while unsucessful, did show that Navy ships could be floating launch pads for a new kind of weapon: the ballistic missile. On Sept. 6, 1947, a rocket launched from an aircraft carrier for the first time. The V-2 rocket was captured from a German manufacturing site by the Allied forces at the end of World War II [1].

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  1. space.com · On this day in space! Sept. 6, 1947: The US Navy launches 1st V-2 rocket at sea in ballistic missile test Sep 6, 2026

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