Explorer VI: Paddle-Wheel Moon Puts Eye In The Sky.
Explorer VI: Paddle-Wheel Moon Puts Eye In The Sky.
Clip: 356389_1_1
Year Shot: 1959
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1662
Original Film: 032-064-01
HD: N/A
Location: Florida
Timecode: 00:45:14 - 00:46:24
Explorer VI: Paddle-Wheel Moon Puts Eye In The Sky. Explorer VI, a 142-pound, 'paddle-wheel' satellite is fired into orbit from Cape Canaveral, equipped to draw power from solar energy and carrying a crude vision device to radio back pictures of the earth and its cloud cover as seen from the vantage of outer space. Man prepares satellite. Slightly low angle shot, man looks through binoculars. Daytime rocket launch. Educational film -type moment: Man at blackboard (chalkboard) explains drawing of the satellite's orbit, apogee and perigee.