Cape Canaveral

The Cape 1963 USAF Missile Test Center; Summary of 1963 at Cape Canaveral

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Missiles playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLECC3BE1B25F14233 more at http://quickfound.net Film highlights events at the Cape during 1963 including: - missile launches, both successful and malfunctions; - construction of Titan III facility; - sequence covering Maj. Cooper's launch in MA-9 Faith 7 and recovery; - dining-in ceremony honoring AF astronauts and Dyna-Soar pilots. - Includes tour by Pres John F. Kennedy on 16 November and memorial for Pres Kennedy on 25 November, with assembled troops and scenes of Brig. Gen. Harry J. Sands, Jr. Vice Comdr., AFMTC, speaking. ECU of missile engine firing from remote camera. 21': CU of AFSC insignia. 23': THE AIR FORCE MISSILE TEST CENTER PRESENTS: THE CAPE 1963. 30': LS launch of Bumper No. 8, a German V-2/WAC Corporal on 24 July 1950. 38': AMLS of two F-106As in flight to right. 42': ALS of launch complexes. 52': LS of Titan II launch--shows climb, missile exploding and huge ball of fire. 75': LS launch of Titan II, programmed flight and separation of first stage--intercut with scene of tracking camera in operation. 89': Onboard footage from camera mounted on second stage of Titan II, showing first stage separation. 107': LSs of tracking stations down Atlantic missile range. 115': ALS of the USS H. H. ARNOLD missile tracking ship. 120': ELS of re-entry vehicle re-entering the atmosphere. 130': AVs of JC-130B equipped with trapeze structure snatching aero-kite balloon suspended from ship. 143': MS of sign on building: AF MISSILE TEST CENTER. 145': LS high angle of AF Missile Test Center. 148': INT scenes in EDP room with personnel at main console and checking magnetic tape--CU of manual on desk. 159': MS of Gemini being lowered inside building--several personnel watching. 943': Total footage in reel. Reupload of a previously uploaded film with improved video & sound. Public domain film from the US National Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied. The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original). from AU-18 Space Handbook: A War Fighter's Guide to Space http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/a... Cape Canaveral Air Force Station As with Vandenberg AFB and the Western Range, the origins and development of Cape Canaveral and the Eastern Range date back to the beginning of World War II. Work began in December 1942 on the Banana River Naval Air Station in response to public and military recognition of the vulnerability of the Florida east coast to enemy attack... The Navy inactivated the station and placed it in caretaker status on 1 August 1947. Meanwhile, Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) committee on guided missiles recommended that a committee be formed to find a location for a long-range missile proving ground. In October 1946, the JCS created the committee on Long-Range Proving Ground to study possible locations,.. The Navy, in anticipation of these developments, transferred the Banana River Naval Air Station to the newly independent Air Force. The nucleus of what became the Air Force Missile Test Center and eventually the Eastern Space and Missile Center was formed with the establishment of the Advance Headquarters, Joint Long-Range Proving Ground on 1 October 1949.(6) On 16 May 1950, the Air Force redesignated this organization the Long-Range Proving Ground Division... The division acquired the status of a numbered Air Force and in June 1951 became the Air Force Missile Test Center. In May 1954, the Air Force designated the organization the Air Force Eastern Test Range, and on 1 February 1977 it became Detachment 1, Space and Missile Test Center. On 1 October 1979, the organization became the Eastern Space and Missile Center. Most recently, on 1 October 1990, Air Force Space Command took over launch operations from Space Systems Division establishing the 45th Space Wing and the 1st Space Launch Squadron (SLS). The 1st SLS assumed launch responsibility for the Delta II booster... The first launch from the site occurred on 24 July 1950 when the Eastern Range successfully launched a Bumper 8, a German V-2 with a modified second stage. Then on 31 January 1958, in response to the launch of sputnik, the Eastern Range launched the Explorer I from the cape. This launch also marked the beginning of partnership with NASA in manned and unmanned space programs. Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) is adjacent to NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Range safety limitations restrict launches from the cape to orbital inclinations from 28.5 to 57 degrees to prevent overflights of Newfoundland and the Bahamas. Currently, there are eight active space launch pads at CCAFS and the Kennedy Space Center."