Satellite A Bust: Rocket Blows Up in first US Try
Satellite A Bust: Rocket Blows Up in first US Try
Clip: 355272_1_1
Year Shot: 1957
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1641
Original Film: 030-100-01
HD: N/A
Location: Cape Canaveral, Florida
Timecode: 00:27:42 - 00:28:57
Official films show the catastrophic launching attempt of America s first space satellite, at cape Canaveral, Florida. The giant vanguard rocket barely lifts off the ground before it falls back and explodes. Establishing shot - Two technicians looking at a satellite [not much bigger than a toy satellite toy of today 2006] CUS - Another technician puts the three pound satellite on some kind of machine. MSCU - Technicians place the satellite in the nose cone of a rocket. MLS - The launching of the satellite. It doesn't go up - it blows up. Nothing is left of the rocket a lot of fire and smoke.