• DocumentCode
    952485
  • Title

    Army Participation in Project Vanguard

  • Author

    Smitherman, W.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Signal Officer, Autilles Command, San Juan, P. R.
  • Issue
    42403
  • fYear
    1960
  • Firstpage
    323
  • Lastpage
    327
  • Abstract
    The Army was responsible for the installation and maintenance of six Minitrack stations for Project Vanguard. In addition, the Army responsibility included the electrical tracking of the artificial satellites from these stations. This paper outlines the actions taken by the Army in fulfilling these responsibilities.
  • Keywords
    Artificial satellites; Filling; Geoscience; Instruments; Irrigation; Laboratories; Meeting planning; Roads; Signal mapping;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Military Electronics, IRE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0096-2511
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/IRET-MIL.1960.5008243
  • Filename
    5008243
    • Link To Document
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