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Fifty Years Ago Today - June 22, 1960

Fifty Years Ago Today - June 22, 1960 - Navy TRANSIT II-A, an experimental navigation satellite with two payloads (navigation and radiation measurement), successfully launched into orbit by Thor-Able-Star vehicle. This was the first time that two instrumented satellites have been placed into orbit at the same time.

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