ROCKET CARRIES THREE SATELLITES.—LEFT: A 50-ton Thor-Abie-Star rocket carrying three satellites, one with an atomic battery, being launched at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The satellites, Transit 4-A (1751 b Injun (401b and Greb (551b were all put into orbit about 600 miles above the earth. RIGHT: A section of the main satellite. Transit 4-A (the first operation prototype of the United States Navy’s planned satellite navigation system), containing a grapefruit-size nuclear auxiliary battery at its base.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29557, 5 July 1961, Page 15
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75ROCKET CARRIES THREE SATELLITES.—LEFT: A 50-ton Thor-Abie-Star rocket carrying three satellites, one with an atomic battery, being launched at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The satellites, Transit 4-A (1751 b Injun (401b and Greb (551b were all put into orbit about 600 miles above the earth. RIGHT: A section of the main satellite. Transit 4-A (the first operation prototype of the United States Navy’s planned satellite navigation system), containing a grapefruit-size nuclear auxiliary battery at its base. Press, Volume C, Issue 29557, 5 July 1961, Page 15
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