Satellite To Collect Data
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter —Copyright)
CAPE KENNEDY, Dec. 21
The United States launched a scientific satellite today to probe the Van Allen radiation belts above the garth. The satellite will be called Explorer 26 if it goes into its planned egg-shaped orbit ranging from altitudes of 200 miles to 15,800 miles.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30630, 22 December 1964, Page 17
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