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U.W. Madison Earth Satellite Project

Date: 12 06 1957
Description: The small black sensor on the end of the antenna of a model Vanguard satellite, will detect differences in radiation as the satellite passes over the earth...
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U.W. Madison Earth Satellite Project

Date: 12 08 1957
Description: Image shows seven men in a U.W. research lab posing with a life-sized model of a satellite. Professor Verner Suomi of the meteorology department led a team...
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Madison Youth with Telescopic Equipment

Date: 04 10 1958
Description: A group of Madison youth inspecting and setting up their telescopic equipment for gazing at the skies. This photograph accompanied an article about the gro...
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Satellite Flashing Across Madison Sky

Date: 08 15 1960
Description: The diagonal streak of Echo, a communications satellite, as it passed over Madison shortly after eleven PM. The image was made with the 35mm camera shutter...

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