Fire at SAO Station in Hawaii

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Summary

Fire guts the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Satellite Tracking Station in Maui, Hawaii, and nearly destroys the Baker-Nunn camera.

Subject

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Torch, 11/1980, p. 4

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

February 1, 1975

Topic

  • Artificial satellites
  • Observatories
  • Astrophysics
  • Fire
  • Baker-Nunn camera
  • Astronomy
  • Accidents
  • Baker-Nunn Camera
  • Fires

Place

Hawaii

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