Weapons Research Establishment Satellite (WRESAT), 1967

Excerpt from the documentary film showing the launch of Australia's first scientific satellite.
This clip, from a 16 millimetre colour documentary produced by the Department of Supply's Weapons Research Establishment Film Unit, is an audiovisual record of the Weapons Research Establishment Satellite (WRESAT) Project. The clip shows the launch of the first Australian scientific satellite from the Woomera Rocket Range in South Australia on 29 November 1967. Researchers conduct final checks of sensors and assemble the WRESAT flight nose-cone. The satellite is then transported to the launching pad, attached to a United States Project SPARTA launch vehicle, erected and fired into an elliptical polar orbit.
NAA: D4994, 1526007

[@MichaelKingsfordGray]

I worked with, and was friends with, Lance Anderson, (in the suit at 0:09), the boss of the technical side of this venture.

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Awesome im excited for the next aussie space mission which is probably in 2019

[@lookingupwithwonder]

Can we please have detailed information about the Woomera UFO crash retrieval?

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SPACE MILESTONES is an Australian group with the intent of creating a replica of the SPARTA/WRESAT launch vehicle for the 50th Anniversary event in November 2017. The completed replica will be then placed on permanent display. For more information, contact Paul at: [e-mail].