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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 Nov 21 @ 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? with an informational plaque affixed to the base. This component was developed by Korolev’s design bureau in 1961 as part of the Global Rocket 1 (GR-1), which was designed to place a nuclear warhead in orbit, where it could come in under or behind American anti-ballistic missile defenses, and deorbit with little warning. Like other Korolev designed rockets, the GR-1 was a liquid cryogenic propelled missile. With a launch weight of 117 tons, it could carry a single warhead with a yield of 2.2 MT. Despite the cancellation of the project in 1964 due to engine delays, the GR-1 was proudly paraded in Red Square on May 9, 1965.