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SATURN ROCKET CONCEPT MODEL. Contractor's model, approximately 52 x 18 inches, [mid-to-late 1950s], plaque on wooden base reading: "Saturn / C-I Configuration." image 1
SATURN ROCKET CONCEPT MODEL. Contractor's model, approximately 52 x 18 inches, [mid-to-late 1950s], plaque on wooden base reading: "Saturn / C-I Configuration." image 2
SATURN ROCKET CONCEPT MODEL. Contractor's model, approximately 52 x 18 inches, [mid-to-late 1950s], plaque on wooden base reading: "Saturn / C-I Configuration." image 3
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SATURN ROCKET CONCEPT MODEL.
Contractor's model, approximately 52 x 18 inches, [mid-to-late 1950s], plaque on wooden base reading: "Saturn / C-I Configuration."

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SATURN ROCKET CONCEPT MODEL.

Contractor's model, approximately 52 x 18 inches, [mid-to-late 1950s], plaque on wooden base reading: "Saturn / C-I Configuration."
Unusual concept model likely from the early days of development. It bears little resemblance the Saturn rockets that followed and is possibly an early model to test the booster stage as the upper stage appears too narrow to carry a payload.

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Model appears to be similar to the RTV-G-4 "Bumper," a U.S. sounding rocket that combined the German V-2 and the WAC Corporeal sounding rocket. It was used to study 2-stage high-speed rockets.

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