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GIRD
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Group for the Study of Reactive Motion.
GIRD-9 rocket
Mikhail Klavdievich Tikhonravov, who would later supervise the design of Sputnik I and the Luna programme, headed GIRD's 2nd Brigade, was responsible for the first Hybrid-propellant rocket launch, the GIRD-9, on 17 August 1933, which reached an altitude of 400 metres (1,300 ft).