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Overall view of SA-T stage.

Picture 15 of 16.

The yellow forward and rear rings were used during transportation and handling of the stages prior to launch, and were used to support SA-T for display. Four of the attach points for the rear ring (at Position II, as well as the top, bottom, and right side of the picture) are outriggers to which the holddown arms at the launch pad would attach, and were used to hold the stage down during thrust build-up after ignition.