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Explorer I

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:NA Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
Explorer I

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Auction Date:2013 May 23 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Section of umbilical cable used in the launch of the Explorer 1 satellite, approximately 18? long with a 2.25 x 1 plug at the end. Housed in a shadow box to an overall size of 9.5 x 9.5. In fine condition, with some wear and fraying to cloth braid covering. The cord plugged into the missile and was used as a method of emergency cutoff in case it did not have enough thrust to take off; upon complete liftoff, the cord was ejected. This is the very last thing on Earth to have touched America’s first satellite, the Explorer 1.