The RTV-G-4 Bumper was a rocket built by the United States. It was a combination of the V-2 rocket and WAC Corporal sounding rocket and used to study problems pertaining to two-stage high-speed rockets.Eight rockets were launched during the Bumper program from May 13 1948 to July 29 1950.While the first six flights were conducted in White Sands the seventh launch – Bumper 8 on July 24 1950 – became the first ever rocket to be launched from Cape Canaveral.
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