Satellite Spins Faster
(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) WASHINGTON, November 25. The United States Space Agency increased the spinning rate of the Tiros II weather satellite today to maintain its stability. There was a slight hope that the faster spinning might also improve the quality of the pictures received from the larger of the two television cameras in the 2801 b satellite. A radio signal from Fort Mon-
mouth. New Jersey, fired a pair of small rockets on Tiros II to increase the spinning during the satellite’s thirty-first orbit.
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29373, 28 November 1960, Page 20
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