English subtitles for clip: File:1959-02-19 Weather Eye.webm

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This satellite's electric eyes will scan the Earth's cloud cover,

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broadcasting data never before attainable.

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The weather station's batteries will last only two weeks,

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but it will usher in a new era of global weather forecasting.

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A scientific triumph for the new civilian space agency,

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the launching is of indication for the sleek three-stage Vanguard space vehicle.

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One of the most technically sophisticated of the space rockets,

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the misfortune-plagued Vanguard six times failed in widely publicized

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launching attempts, only once placed a three-pound baby moon in orbit.

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But on this day, the Vanguard outdoes her designers' hopes.

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She soars aloft to join four other satellites

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still orbiting the Earth—three American, one Russian.

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Defense department film shows the perfect flight,

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mathematically flawless all the way, that carries the weather satellite

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into an orbit even farther out than hoped for,

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assuring a lifespan of decades, perhaps centuries for America's eye in space.