Explorer 6 - Launch, High-Framerate, Tracking, Results, Satellite Assembly, Thor-Able Rocket

Video showing assembly, mission objectives, launch (with multiple side-by-side views) and results of the Explorer 6 ("paddle-wheel") satellite. Launched on a Thor-Able rocket from Cape Canaveral in 1959, it took the first photos of Earth from a satellite. Sound and image cleanup, and color restoration by Retro Space HD. Some music segments might be replaced by background sounds or generic themes. === Chapters 00:00 Objectives 01:06 Explorer-6 Launch 04:15 Mission Results 04:30 Isolated High-Framerate Launch Footage === Explorer 6 was a small, spherical NASA satellite, launched on 7 August 1959 (Thor-DM18 Able III). It was designed to study trapped radiation of various energies, galactic cosmic rays, geomagnetism, radio propagation in the upper atmosphere, and the flux of micrometeorites. It also tested a scanning device designed for photographing the Earth's cloud cover. On 14 August 1959, Explorer 6 took the first photos of Earth from a satellite. ======================================= A special thanks to the channel supporters (   / retrospacehd   ): Andrew Rosenbaum Andrew Hamburg Damian Juszczak David Graves Drew Ganstron Fred Patton GSmith Gary Smith Gene Dorr Gio Pagliari Gort58 Jack Johnson Jan Strzelecki Jeff Pleimling Jules E Kevin Spencer Killraven Marco Zambianchi Mark Kirkman Matt Nicholson Michael Pennington Nathan Koga Popio Rick Durr Rp-1 Lox Ryan Hardy Scott Manley Stephan ======================================== #explorer #satellite #launch