a history of giant spheres: Contains Echo 1

From: Richard Crisp (rdcrisp@earthlink.net)
Date: Fri Apr 02 2010 - 00:23:09 UTC

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    echo one is in there ....
    
    
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: "Robert Reeves" <reeves10@satx.rr.com>
    To: <seesat-l@satobs.org>
    Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 4:59 PM
    Subject: Re: Tiros 1 launched into orbit 50 years ago
    
    
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    >> does anyone remember Echo 1?
    >>
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    > Do I ever!  That big balloon is what got me into satellite observing and
    > astrophotography.  Life Magazine had a full page star trail shot of Echo 1
    > passing over the 85-foot dish at Goldstone.  Trying to emulate that image 
    > is
    > one of the things that got me into astrophotography.  The observing part 
    > led
    > me to Paul Maley when we were freshmen in high school in San Antonio.  The
    > rest is history.
    >
    > Robert Reeves            San Antonio, Texas
    > Planet 26591
    > www.robertreeves.com
    > reeves10@satx.rr.com
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