New Tracking Stations
iNX Press Assn.—Copyright; CANBERRA, May 23 Negotiations are nearing completion for American space tracking stations to be established on Manus Island, north of New Guinea and at Buka, in the Northern Solomons. au’horitative sources said today Negotia'ions began .nearly a year ago Authorities said the sites were needed to give the United States satisfactorycoverage tor satelli'es with equatorial orbit One sugae’,e<* use f ° r ths stations s for a satellite which would provide navigational facilities tor ships at sea.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29830, 24 May 1962, Page 13
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