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After two much publicized failures, Project Vanguard scores a bullseye
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on its third firing at Cape Canaveral. A grapefruit-sized satellite is set
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into the nose cone of a three-stage rocket and the launching routine begins.
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The countdown goes with amazing ease, even faster than that of the Jupiter C.
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Only 16 seconds off a precision schedule, Vanguard blasts off.
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[sound of rocket launching]
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It's one of the most perfect flights ever seen at the missile center.
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And there's not a hitch along the way as the tiny moon is catapulted
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into the farthest orbit yet, 2,500 miles out.
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This launching was basically an experiment to test the rocket's flight pattern,
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preparatory to the launching of a 21-inch satellite later this year.
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Successful orbiting of a six-inch moon was sheer profit as far as the
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engineers were concerned, making the first good news from Project Vanguard
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very good news indeed for all America.
