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October 4th 1957 marked the start of the space age, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory was the largest radio telescope in the world and the only device that could track Sputnik’s carrier rocket by radar.
The Lovell Telescope first picked up the Sputnik rocket on 11 October 1957, on the anniversary of that event 58 years later, Lucy Dawkins and Tom Readdy Directed this video for 'Sputnik' by Public Service Broadcasting, filmed in front of this iconic structure.
The video celebrates the launch of the first satellite into earth orbit and highlights The Lovell Telescope’s role in making space exploration history.
From the double A-side of Sputnik (radio edit) and Korolev on Test Card Recordings 2015.