inc inn ati ▁Public ▁School s ▁ ▁Category : Year ▁of ▁birth ▁missing ▁( l iving ▁people ) ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : C inc inn ati ▁Public ▁School s ▁Category : Univers ity ▁of ▁C inc inn ati ▁al umn i <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁R - 7 A ▁S emy ork a , ▁G RA U ▁index ▁ 8 K 7 4 , ▁was ▁an ▁early ▁Soviet ▁inter cont inental ▁ball istic ▁miss ile ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁earlier ▁R - 7 ▁S emy ork a . ▁It ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁R - 7 ▁family ▁of ▁rock ets ▁to ▁be ▁deployed ▁as ▁an ▁oper ational ▁miss ile . ▁The ▁R - 7 A ▁first ▁fle w ▁on ▁ 2 3 ▁December ▁ 1 9 5 9 , ▁entered ▁service ▁on ▁ 3 1 ▁December ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁year , ▁and ▁was ▁formally ▁accepted ▁on ▁ 2 0 ▁January ▁ 1 9 6 0 . ▁It ▁was ▁declared ▁fully ▁oper ational ▁on ▁ 1 2 ▁September ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁and ▁was ▁retired ▁from ▁service ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 8 . ▁▁ ▁Tw enty ▁eight ▁test ▁launch es ▁were ▁conducted ▁with ▁three ▁fail ures . ▁Most ▁test ▁launch es ▁occurred ▁from ▁S ites ▁ 1 / 5 ▁and ▁ 3 1 / 6 ▁at ▁the ▁Ba ikon ur ▁Cos mod rome . ▁The ▁main ▁oper ational ▁base ▁for ▁R - 7 A ▁miss iles ▁was ▁P les et sk ▁Cos mod rome , ▁where ▁four ▁launch ▁p