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Global Rocket 1 Safety Component

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Global Rocket 1 Safety Component

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Auction Date:2013 May 23 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
An extremely rare pneumatic safety package from the Global Rocket 1 (GR-1), measuring approximately 7.5 x 7 x 3, with multiple inputs and outputs, with a serial number stamped on the bottom. Part is affixed to a vertical base for an overall height of approximately 13? high with an informational plaque affixed to the base. This component was developed by Korolev’s design bureau in 1961 as part of the GR-1. The purpose of the rocket was to place a nuclear warhead in orbit, where it could come in under or behind American anti-ballistic missile defences, and deorbited with little warning. Like other Korolev designed rockets, the GR-1 was a liquid cryogenic propelled missile. It had a launch weight of 117 tons and was designed to carry a single warhead with a yield of 2.2 MT. Despite the project being cancelled in 1964 prior to any flight testing due to engine delays, the GR-1 was proudly paraded in Red Square on May 9, 1965.