V-2 rocket launch | |
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Launch | 24 October 1946 |
Pad | White Sands Missile Range |
Outcome | Success |
Apogee | 65 mi (105 km) |
Components | |
Serial no. | 13 |
The V-2 No. 13 [1] was a modified V-2 rocket that became the first object to take a photograph of the Earth from outer space. [2] [3] Launched on 24 October 1946, [4] at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico, the rocket reached a maximum altitude of 65 mi (105 km). [1] [5]
The famous photograph was taken with an attached DeVry 35 mm black-and-white motion picture camera. [3] [6] The flight was an addition to the Hermes program which had been ongoing since 1944. Rocket V-2 No.13 was assembled and launched by General Electric company with both captured German components and re-manufactured ones. [1]
V-2 rocket launch | |
---|---|
Launch | 24 October 1946 |
Pad | White Sands Missile Range |
Outcome | Success |
Apogee | 65 mi (105 km) |
Components | |
Serial no. | 13 |
The V-2 No. 13 [1] was a modified V-2 rocket that became the first object to take a photograph of the Earth from outer space. [2] [3] Launched on 24 October 1946, [4] at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico, the rocket reached a maximum altitude of 65 mi (105 km). [1] [5]
The famous photograph was taken with an attached DeVry 35 mm black-and-white motion picture camera. [3] [6] The flight was an addition to the Hermes program which had been ongoing since 1944. Rocket V-2 No.13 was assembled and launched by General Electric company with both captured German components and re-manufactured ones. [1]