Winkfield Minitrack Station (1962)

Location: Berkshire, England / Great Britain Various panning GV. of the complex system of tracking aerials at the Winkfield Minitrack Station where they hope to track the path of UK1 satellite. Various shots of the vast control system at Winkfield Minitrack Station, coverage shows the master tracking console punched tape machine and tracking data recorder digital clock and master timing command transmitter triggering “Yagi“ aerial, a teleprinter with the direct link with Spacon. Day and night MS. Calibration camera, an important part of the minitrack system. MS. The highly pronged “Yagi“ aerials. LS. The control hut by day and night. (Lav.) Note: The clapper board is repeatedly seen throughout the film. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the