1.
SV PAN...ROCKET UNPACKED
0.05

2.
SCU NOSE CONE ATTACHED
0.09

3.
ANGLE V...ALONG ROCKET
0.13

4.
SV ROCKET LIFTED INTO FIRING TUBE
0.14

5.
ANGLE V...ROCKET ENTERS FIRING TUBE
0.18

6.
SV PACKING PLACED ROUND ROCKET
0.22

7.
SCU GAS GENERATION PIPE FIXED TO TUBE
0.26

8.
SV IGNITION APPARATUS FIXED
0.31

9.
SCU BREECH OF TUBE CLOSED
0.34

10.
SV FIRING TUBE ELEVATED
0.38

11.
LV TUBE IN FIRING POSITION
0.40

12.
LV TECHNICIAN ENTERS SHELTER
0.43

13.
SCU TECHNICIAN GIVES COUNT-DOWN
0.46

14.
LV PAN...ROCKET LAUNCHED, IN FLIGHT
0.53



Initials JRG/S/WS/BB



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Background: SWEDEN LAUNCHED HER FIRST SPACE ROCKET, AUGUST 14 - IT WAS A SEVEN-FOOT ARCAS MISSILE, ONE OF FIVE PRESENTED FOR EXPERIMENTAL PURPOSES BY THE AMERICAN NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION. IT CLIMBED TO A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 56 MILES (90 KILOMETRES) FROM ITS LAUNCHING SITE AT JOKKMOKK, LAPLAND.

THE AIM OF THE SWEDISH SPACE COMMITTEE WAS TO GET FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE OF A LAUNCHING. BUT THERE WAS A SECOND AIM: THE METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY WANTED TO STUDY WIND CONDITIONS AT THE HEIGHT OF 90 KILOMETRES. THE PAYLOAD OF THE ROCKET EXPLODED AT THIS HEIGHT AND AN ARTIFICIAL CLOUD WAS FORMED -- AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE MOVEMENTS AND EXTENSION OF THIS CLOUD WERE PHOTOGRAPHED AND FILMED FROM OBSERVATION POINTS.