January
SAO Records First US Photograph of Russian Satellite "Sputnik"
Year:
1957
Month:
october
Day:
17
Date:
Thu, 1957-10-17
SIA Image reference:
The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory is able to record the first United States photograph of the Soviet satellite Sputnik, using a Baker Nunn camera. By mid-1958, the Observatory had its Satellite Tracking Program fully operational.