Oct 4 1960
From The Space Library
COURIER 1-B active communications satellite successfully placed into orbit by Thor-Able-Star launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral. After completing one orbit it received and recorded a transcribed message to the United Nations by President Eisenhower transmitted from Fort Monmouth, N.J., and retransmitted it to another earth station in Puerto Rico. This marked the 100th launch of the Douglas Thor, military and scientific combined, and a Thor record of 60 percent of the U.S. satellites boosted into orbit.
Second complete NASA Scout vehicle fired successfully to its predicted 3,500-mile altitude and 5,800-mile impact range, from Wallops Station.
H. Rept. 2227, Committee on Science and Astronautics, “Life Sciences and Space” published.
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