Felix, Igor & Clyde

I'm watching Felix's space jump yesterday and I see this little white blob bouncing around on the screen. It's Felix on his way back down to Earth. He's 24 miles up and who knows how many miles downrange. I'm wondering what kind of camera are they using to get this shot?

A friggin' big one, that's what kind.

It's called the JLAIR and it used to be used to track space shuttle launches.

It's a direct descendant of IGOR developed by Clyde Tombaugh for the White Sands missile range when they were testing V2's after World War II. Later on, IGOR was used to track Nike missiles during their development. IGOR captured the Nike missile destroying the B-17.

This is the very same Clyde who discovered Pluto.