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Project Delta Echo I, 1960

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Year

1960

Video Details

1:58; b&w; silent; V-184 AA334; S. 828

Description

This film begins with a group of men inflating Echo I, a huge silver spherical satellite. Next, they fold the covering into the satellite. Then, there are scenes of a rocket being prepared for launch. The rocket is filmed taking off, followed by animated scenes of the rocket releasing the satellite, which in turn releases an huge silver sphere like the one seen at the beginning of the film. Produced by NASA.

Coverage

Postwar Florida (1945-1968)

Subject

Aerospace industry
Rockets (Aeronautics)
Project Echo
Artificial satellites in telecommunication
Artificial satellites -- Launching
Echo I (Artificial satellite)
Artificial satellites, American

Title

Project Delta Echo I, 1960

Subject

Aerospace industry

Rockets (Aeronautics)

Project Echo

Artificial satellites in telecommunication

Artificial satellites -- Launching

Echo I (Artificial satellite)

Artificial satellites, American

Description

Creator

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Source

Collection M89-17

Date

1960

Format

short subjects

Type

moving image

Identifier

AA334

Coverage

Postwar Florida (1945-1968)

Color

b&w

Video Details

1:58; b&w; silent; V-184 AA334; S. 828

Video Filename

aa334.mp4

Geographic Term

Cape Canaveral (Fla.)

Brevard County (Fla.)

Subject - Corporate

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

John F. Kennedy Space Center

Video Time

1:58

Video Category

Digitized

true

Video Sound

silent

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United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Project Delta Echo I, 1960. 1960. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/253411>, accessed 25 February 2025.

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United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Project Delta Echo I, 1960. 1960. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 25 Feb. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/253411>

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(State Archives of Florida/United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

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For FY2024-25, the percentage of total costs for the Florida Memory program financed with federal money is 66%; the federal dollar amount to be spent on the program is $614,955. This program does not receive any non-governmental funding.

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