vgd tv-1 (vik14)_v_bw_o_n (unnumbered, poss. original 1957 photo)
“Vanguard TV-1, also called Vanguard Test Vehicle-One, was the second sub-orbital test flight of a Vanguard rocket as part of the Project Vanguard. Vanguard TV-1 followed the successful launch of Vanguard TV-0 a one-stage rocket launched in December 1956.
Project Vanguard was a program managed by the United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), and designed and built by the Glenn L. Martin Company (now Lockheed-Martin), which intended to launch the first artificial satellite into Earth orbit using a Vanguard rocket as the launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Missile Annex, Florida.
Vanguard TV-1 arrived at Cape Canaveral in February 1957. TV-1 was a two-stage rocket. Vanguard TV-1 used a liquid rocket from a modified Viking rocket for the first stage. The second stage was made by Grand Central Rocket Company. The second stage was a prototype solid-propellant rocket. This solid-propellant second stage later became the third stage of the final three-stage Vanguard vehicle. Three stages are needed to put a satellite in orbit, the goal of Vanguard.
Vanguard TV-1 lifted off on 1 May 1957 at 01:29 local time (06:29 GMT) from Cape Canaveral from launch pad LC-18A. Launch pad 18A was an older Viking launch stand that was shipped from White Sands Missile Range for use at Cape Canaveral. Pad 18A was also used on Vanguard Test Vehicle-Zero (Vanguard TV-0).
The main goal of Vanguard TV-1 was to test the solid-propellant rocket. The solid-propellant rocket needed to spin-up, separate from the first-stage booster, ignite, provide a proper propulsion and trajectory. Another goal was to test the techniques and equipment used to launch and track the rocket. The telemetry received during flight would record the proper propulsion and trajectory. The telemetry was picked up at the Air Force Missile Test Center's (AFMTC) tracking station. Vanguard TV-1 was successful, the two-stage rocket achieved an altitude of 195 km (121 mi) and a downrange distance of 726 km (451 mi), landing in the Atlantic Ocean.
With Vanguard TV-0 and Vanguard TV-1 successes, the next sub-orbital test flight, Vanguard TV-2, was launched in October 1957.”
Above, along with the image, at:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_TV-1
Credit: Wikimedia
Also:
history.nasa.gov/SP-4202/chap10.html
I think this is a spectacular photograph of a rocket launch, especially considering that it was taken at night, in 1957. Check out the dynamic breaking off of ice from the launch vehicle. The depth & texture are veritably three-dimensional!
I’ve been hoping to come across a non-press version of this…you know…with press slug, of lower resolution/quality, mishandled, marked up, etc., etc…for years now. At long last, success. 👍
Neither here nor there, but it’s yet another “Birnback Publishing Service”-stamped photograph, which btw were all very well/pseudo-archivally taken care of, as evidenced by this specimen and others I’ve come across. As such, interestingly, once again, the erased “caption” on the verso is in written in German.
vgd tv-1 (vik14)_v_bw_o_n (unnumbered, poss. original 1957 photo)
“Vanguard TV-1, also called Vanguard Test Vehicle-One, was the second sub-orbital test flight of a Vanguard rocket as part of the Project Vanguard. Vanguard TV-1 followed the successful launch of Vanguard TV-0 a one-stage rocket launched in December 1956.
Project Vanguard was a program managed by the United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), and designed and built by the Glenn L. Martin Company (now Lockheed-Martin), which intended to launch the first artificial satellite into Earth orbit using a Vanguard rocket as the launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Missile Annex, Florida.
Vanguard TV-1 arrived at Cape Canaveral in February 1957. TV-1 was a two-stage rocket. Vanguard TV-1 used a liquid rocket from a modified Viking rocket for the first stage. The second stage was made by Grand Central Rocket Company. The second stage was a prototype solid-propellant rocket. This solid-propellant second stage later became the third stage of the final three-stage Vanguard vehicle. Three stages are needed to put a satellite in orbit, the goal of Vanguard.
Vanguard TV-1 lifted off on 1 May 1957 at 01:29 local time (06:29 GMT) from Cape Canaveral from launch pad LC-18A. Launch pad 18A was an older Viking launch stand that was shipped from White Sands Missile Range for use at Cape Canaveral. Pad 18A was also used on Vanguard Test Vehicle-Zero (Vanguard TV-0).
The main goal of Vanguard TV-1 was to test the solid-propellant rocket. The solid-propellant rocket needed to spin-up, separate from the first-stage booster, ignite, provide a proper propulsion and trajectory. Another goal was to test the techniques and equipment used to launch and track the rocket. The telemetry received during flight would record the proper propulsion and trajectory. The telemetry was picked up at the Air Force Missile Test Center's (AFMTC) tracking station. Vanguard TV-1 was successful, the two-stage rocket achieved an altitude of 195 km (121 mi) and a downrange distance of 726 km (451 mi), landing in the Atlantic Ocean.
With Vanguard TV-0 and Vanguard TV-1 successes, the next sub-orbital test flight, Vanguard TV-2, was launched in October 1957.”
Above, along with the image, at:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_TV-1
Credit: Wikimedia
Also:
history.nasa.gov/SP-4202/chap10.html
I think this is a spectacular photograph of a rocket launch, especially considering that it was taken at night, in 1957. Check out the dynamic breaking off of ice from the launch vehicle. The depth & texture are veritably three-dimensional!
I’ve been hoping to come across a non-press version of this…you know…with press slug, of lower resolution/quality, mishandled, marked up, etc., etc…for years now. At long last, success. 👍
Neither here nor there, but it’s yet another “Birnback Publishing Service”-stamped photograph, which btw were all very well/pseudo-archivally taken care of, as evidenced by this specimen and others I’ve come across. As such, interestingly, once again, the erased “caption” on the verso is in written in German.