Editing Raketenstelle Alt-Georgetown (section)

== Establishment ==
{{Main|Operation Sternzug}}

Operation Sternzug delivered the first copied V-2 records to Tanoan custody in June 1945. The Peenemünde group reached Tanoa in February 1946 and spent the following years sorting drawings that had arrived in separate shipments. Some firing reports lacked their corresponding component plans, while duplicate documents carried different wartime revisions. Von Braun established a temporary review group in Georgetown to compare the records and identify the version used in the final Peenemünde tests. Dornberger controlled access to the group through military orders because the recovered material remained concealed from Allied authorities. This work produced a usable technical index by October 1950 and allowed the Oberkommando to authorize a permanent office.

The Raketenstelle opened with 312 staff on 12 May 1951. German engineers held responsibility for interpreting the archive, while Tanoan technicians rebuilt equipment from the approved drawings. Translators prepared Spanish production sheets for Argentine workshops. Dornberger reported to the Oberkommando and approved the movement of classified material outside Georgetown. Von Braun decided which design revision entered reconstruction and assigned the technical groups. Aráoz Valdivia controlled contracts and divided component work between suppliers so that each workshop received only the drawings required for its assignment. The office therefore combined military authority with a technical review system and a compartmented production network.