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1st weather satellite launched...
1st weather satellite launched...
Item # 556988
February 18, 1959
THE DETROIT NEWS, Detroit, Michigan, February 18, 1959
* 1st weather satellite launched
* Vanguard 2
This 60 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "Weather Moon Blazes New Forecasting Path" with photo of the new satellite. This was the first weather satellite launched into space. Also, this satellite was made in Detroit MI and this is a Detroit newspaper.
Other news of the day throughout. Some small binding holes along the spine, otherwise in good condition.
wikipedia notes: Vanguard 2 or Vanguard II is an earth-orbiting satellite launched February 17, 1959 by the Vanguard SLV 4 launch vehicle as part of Project Vanguard.[1]. The satellite was designed to measure cloud-cover distribution over the daylight portion of its orbit, for a period of 19 days, and to provide information on the density of the atmosphere for the lifetime of its orbit (~300 years).
It functioned nominally and is still in orbit.
Category: The 20th Century
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