The Smithsonian's Satellite-Tracking Program: Its History and Organization, Part II
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PrintArticle by Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Editor in Chief Hayes details the effects of the Sputnik launching on the Satellite Tracking Program, initial problems in getting the tracking system running, the first trackers under the Moonwatch Program, Baker-Nunn cameras, and computations, ending with U.S. attempts to launch its own satellite after Sputnik.
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Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography
Smithsonian Institution Annual Report for 1963 (Book)
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1964
pp. 331-357