English subtitles for clip: File:1960-11-24 Tiros II Weatherman Satellite.webm

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A Thor-Delta rocket blasts aloft from Cape Canaveral, carrying a robot weatherman

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into orbit, for America's 14th space success of the year.

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Nearly 10,000 solar cells will power the electronic equipment, including

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two television cameras in the Tiros 2 satellite which now circles the Earth

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in a nearly perfect circular orbit 400 miles out.

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Key ground stations at San Nicolas Island, California, and Fort ???, New Jersey,

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monitor the new Tiros. On command from them, the satellite is designed to transmit

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pictures of the Earth cloud cover for immediate study by meteorologists.

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The first weather eye Tiros satellite found a hurricane and a tornado and

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proved the feasibility of satellite forecasting. The more complete data

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expected from the advanced equipment of Tiros 2 promises major strides

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in weather observation. Its TV eyes and infrared detectors have already

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sent back pictures of distant weather.

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Human weathermen watch the performance of Tiros 2 with mixed emotions.

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Revolutionary war hero Ethan Allen's honored name is bestowed on the Navy's

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newest and most powerful addition to the Polaris fleet of nuclear submarines

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during launching ceremonies at Groton.

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The Ethan Allen is the first sub built to fire the new, longer-range version

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of the Polaris missile. She's christened by Mrs Robert H. Hopkins of Brookline,

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Massachusetts, a descendant of Ethan Allen.

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[people cheer]

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The 6,900-ton craft goes down the way smoothly, its launching marred only

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by a quickly squelched pacifist demonstration.

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A key addition to the Navy's fast-growing nuclear fleet.