The base of the jovial groove as the little group walked was a lilting, repeating riff on the kora, the 21-string harp-lute that a musician played with its base propped against his torso, plucking with his thumbs. â
The Vanguard team was still working on a test vehicle (TV-2) designed to test the first stage of the rocket when they learned of the launch of the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, by the USSR on October 4, 1957. On December 2, the Department of Defense announced the imminent launch of TV-3.
Implementing ORION took place in three major phases: 1  Development: The Idea. UPS started developing ORION in 2003, with the aim of layering predictive algorithms on top of UPSâs existing package and vehicle tracking systems. 2  Demonstration: Testing and Validation. Next, UPS wanted to demonstrate consistent results.