# “ YOUR SHARE IN SPACE ” 1962 NASA ECHO 1 COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE LAUNCH DOCUMENTARY 71422

This historic 1962 NASA film details the modern space program; highlighting current advances as well as future projected missions. The film includes footage of the Scout Rocket Booster, mission control, Mercury missions as well as the TIROS and ECHO 1 radio signal satellite missions and the lunar probe. Project Echo was the first passive communications satellite experiment. The satellite was constructed by Gilmore Schjeldahl's GT Schjeldahl Company in Northfield, Minnesota. Spacecraft’s were launched in 1960 and 1964. Communication signals were bounced from satellites to one communications center to the next. TIROS is a series of early weather satellites launched by the US beginning with TIROS 1 in 1960. This was the first satellite capable of remote sensing of the earth. Harry Wexler promoted the program. This film opens with a launching (:38). The S 15 (1:27); the gamma ray astronomy satellite operates as a miniature observatory. The Scout; a four stage launch vehicle is pictured (2:15). Mission control stands by (2:39) following a launching. Echo 1's stage separation (3:14) is demonstrated in animation. A shot of the globe forecasts Echo's planned orbit (3:30). Goldstone, California is highlighted as one of the communications points (3:52). The other was Bell Tower at New Jersey (3:57). The countdown begins (4:23). Close shots watch the launch (4:52). The main stage cut off follows (5:27). Trinidad witnesses the inflation of the sphere (5:43). Data received at Cape…

- Kind: Documentary
- Genres: Documentary, Space, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/71422YourShareInSpace)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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