Dad brought TV-3 home after the explosion. It sat in our house overnight and was displayed in the National AIr and Space Museum for many years. I’m not sure if it will be displayed in the remodeled Museum. Dad tinkered with Vanguard 1 on our dining room table. He then invented the Naval Space Surveillance System, Timation and GPS.
I’m in awe. Thank you for sharing. Your father was a great man.
Awesome!
What would be cool would be sending a mission to retrieve Vanguard, bring it home and put it on display for all to see.
It would be a shame to let it burn up.
That's an amazing story! I recall the headlines and pictures in our newspaper, the LA Times, the morning after the explosion.
Today, satellite communications are a major part of our economy and lifestyle, but the dawn of the Space Age, with Sputniks, Explorers and Vanguards flying into orbit, was an exciting time.