Space Race - Season 1 Episode 2 Race for Satellites
Race For Satellites, spans 1953-1958. As the Cold War intensifies, Korolev is asked to build a rocket capable of carrying a five-ton warhead to America - he designs and constructs the R-7 Semyorka, and is later allowed to use it to launch the first satellite, Sputnik 1. Meanwhile, von Braun struggles to persuade the US government to allow him to launch his own satellite - after Sputnik's launch and the failure of the US Navy to launch a Vanguard satellite, he is finally allowed to launch the first American satellite, Explorer 1.
Year: 2005
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Country: United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, United States of America
Studio: BBC Two, Channel One
Director: Christopher Spencer, Mark Everest
Cast: Richard Dillane, Steve Nicolson, Ravil Isyanov, Max Bollinger
Crew: Deborah Cadbury (Book), Jules Hussey (Line Producer), Jules Hussey (Supervising Producer), Sias Wilson (Line Producer), Natalya Krimenskaya (Casting)
First Air Date: Sep 14, 2005
Last Air date: Oct 05, 2005
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 4 Episode
Runtime: 60 minutes
IMDb: 7.43/10 by 21.00 users
Popularity: 2.3159
Language: English
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