First In Space: Twin Satellites In Single Launching
First In Space: Twin Satellites In Single Launching
Clip: 363421_1_1
Year Shot: 1960
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1673
Original Film: 033-051-01
HD: N/A
Location: Cape Canaveral, Florida
Timecode: 00:13:22 - 00:14:28
"At Cape Canaveral, another historic space test. Two satellites mounted piggyback fashion are carried aloft by a single Thor-Able-Star rocket. Only the second shot of this model, it places both new moons into precise orbits." Twin satellites are ready for a historic double launching. The lower satellite is Transit 2-A an experimental navigation device and the other will measure solar radiation. MS-Night time - Thor-Able Star rocket. MS - At 1:54 AM the rocket is blasting off. It is a perfect flight for the rocket and its two moons. You can't see the rocket but you do see the fire coming out of its lower engines.