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U.S.-IGY EARTH SATELLITES

EXPLORER I-COSMIC RAYS AND MICROMETEORITES

EXPLORER II-COSMIC RAYS AND MICROMETEORITES

EXPLORER (JUPITER C-49)- AIR DRAG & DENSITY, & RADAR TRACKING

VANGUARD - ENVIRONMENTAL

VANGUARD SOLAR X-RAYS AND ENVIRONMENTAL

VANGUARD - SOLAR U-V AND ENVIRONMENTAL

VANGUARD - CLOUD COVER

VANGUARD - GEOMAGNETISM, AND AIR DRAG AND DENSITY

VANGUARD - RADIATION BALANCE

ARPA SCIENTIFIC SPACE FLIGHT PROGRAM

NOTS AIR LAUNCHED SATELLITES

2 JUNO I SATELLITES

3 THOR-ABLE LUNAR PROBES

2 JUNO II LUNAR PROBES

JUNO II SATELLITE

INITIAL UNMANNED SATELLITE
EXPERIMENTS

PAYLOAD LIMITATION 100-120 POUNDS
ORBITAL HEIGHT 300 + MILES
SPIN STABILIZED IF REQUIRED

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2. METEOROLOGICAL - CLOUD COVER

3. METEOROLOGICAL - HEAT BALANCE

4. AIR GLOW AND AURORA

5. PRIMARY AURORAL PARTICLES

6. 100 FOOT SPHERE-COMMUNICATIONS, RADAR, AIR DENSITY 7. BIOLOGICAL

FUTURE UNMANNED SATELLITE
EXPERIMENTS

PAYLOADS OVER 200 POUNDS
ORBITAL HEIGHT 300+ MILES

STABILIZED PLATFORM

1. HYDROGEN IN SPACE-LYMAN C

2. CELESTIAL FAR U.V.

3. EXTRA GALACTIC LIGHT

4. COSMIC RAY SOURCES

5. COSMIC DUST-DIRECTION AND INTENSITY

6. MAGNETIC FIELD - DIRECTION AND INTENSITY

7. IONOSPHERE

8. ATOMIC

CLOCK

9. TELESCOPE - OPTICAL AND CORPUSCULAR

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