SAO Loses Satellite-tracking Contract
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PrintThe Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory is informed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration that the contract to operate all U.S. laser satellite-tracking stations has been awarded to the Bendix Corp., ending more than a quarter of a century of SAO involvement in the tracking of artificial earth satellites.
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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 4, "The Torch," December 1983, p. 2.
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1983