teaser Stock Footage
Payload: Tiros 8
Launch date: 1963 Dec 21
Launch site: CC LC17B,TIROS 8,
Rocket Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida
Dimensions 270 pounds, 19 inches high, 42 inch diameter
Equipment First TIROS to photograph an 800 mile field of view.
Time Operational for 1287 days
Launch vehicle ID: 371/D22. SOURCE INFO:TIROS - World's First Weather Satellite
From Rachelle Oblack, former About.com Guide
This looks like some sort of TV footage.
I don't think this was nationally televised, but perhaps a local TV station in the area broadacst the launch live.
altfactor 4 months ago