BRITISH AERIAL FOR APOLLO PROJECT. —The aerial structure of the United States Apollo man-on-the-moon project shown at Rivenhall, Essex, where it is undergoing final tests. It will be dismantled, and the crated equipment shipped to Ascension Island, in the Atlantic. Reassembly on the island and the handingover by the Marconi Company to Cable and Wireless, Ltd., will be completed towards the end of September. The earth station will be a vital relay communications link for the Apollo project.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31116, 20 July 1966, Page 10
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78BRITISH AERIAL FOR APOLLO PROJECT.—The aerial structure of the United States Apollo man-on-the-moon project shown at Rivenhall, Essex, where it is undergoing final tests. It will be dismantled, and the crated equipment shipped to Ascension Island, in the Atlantic. Reassembly on the island and the handingover by the Marconi Company to Cable and Wireless, Ltd., will be completed towards the end of September. The earth station will be a vital relay communications link for the Apollo project. Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31116, 20 July 1966, Page 10
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