Spy Satellite Failure
(NZ.PjI.-Reuter—Copyright) POINT ARGUELLO (California), July 10. An attempt to launch a "sky spy” satellite failed today. The 98ft rocket carrying the "missile alarm" satellite failed to lift from its launching pad.
The orbit planned for the satellite would have taken it over the Soviet Union, according to the Associated Press The satellite contained an infra-red “eye" said to be capable of sensing and reporting the heat from a miserh»iMt hundreds of
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29563, 12 July 1961, Page 7
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74Spy Satellite Failure Press, Volume C, Issue 29563, 12 July 1961, Page 7
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