Magdeburger Startgerät
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The Magdeburger Startgerät (also known as the Magdeburg pilot rocket[1][2][3] and 10-L[4] for the 10 liters of liquid fuel it contains) is a missile that was intended to ensure the first manned rocket flight in history.[3] Despite successful tests, the pilot flight originally planned for March 1933 never took place. After several delays, the project was finally stopped in 1934 when the National Socialists prohibited all private missile attempts (which also included the Magdeburg experiment).[4]