The Navy took three tries to get Vanguard into space, only officially numbering the satellites if they made it. To get to Vanguard-3 took 11 launches.
The first one was the first live-televised satellite launch. It was a spectacular failure.
Of some note was that was the era of the overlap between newsreels and network TV. The last few producers hung on into the 1960s.
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I remember watching that live attempt. Yeah, I'm that old. We were heartbroken when it dropped back down.
LRod
ZJX, ORD, ZAU retired
Even John W. Campbell, editor of Astounding Science Fiction (now Analog) sneeringly called it "Rearguard".
The story is what you learn from your failures and your determination to do something about it.
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