THE LAUNCHING OF EIGHT SATELLITES by a Titan 3C, America’s biggest military rocket, from Cape Kennedy, Florida, is aimed at improving military communications between the Defence Department and areas overseas where United States troops have commitments. This drawing shows how the satellites will spread round the world. One of the satellites is to be used to test the feasibility of using the earth’s gravitational field to stabilise a satellite at high altitude.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31089, 18 June 1966, Page 15
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72THE LAUNCHING OF EIGHT SATELLITES by a Titan 3C, America’s biggest military rocket, from Cape Kennedy, Florida, is aimed at improving military communications between the Defence Department and areas overseas where United States troops have commitments. This drawing shows how the satellites will spread round the world. One of the satellites is to be used to test the feasibility of using the earth’s gravitational field to stabilise a satellite at high altitude. Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31089, 18 June 1966, Page 15
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