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Adas To “Die" Next Week
CAMBRIDGE (Massachusetts), JteUSry 11 The United States . four-ton Atlas satellite would “die” next week, a Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory scientist said today. Dr. Georg*' Veia, consultant to n An Mid: “Th* ttMMttt »' MtfitSS satellite, the Atlas, will pariah on or about January 21. Thia object, weighing more. than four .ton*, was put into orbit by the Air Force on Thursday, December 18. 1958. •When the satellite enter, th* earth's atmosphere it wiU have made about <OO revolutions. “Until the time at ’death’ can be calculated more predaaly. Dr. Vels cannot predict over what .part of the glob* the satellite will faU.”
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28793, 14 January 1959, Page 11
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