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Historical Photo Of The Month - January 2003 Click on photo to see larger image
 Explorer 1 Launch
On January 31, JPL will commemorate the 45th anniversary of the launch of Explorer 1, the first American earth-orbiting satellite. In this photograph, technicians lowered the Explorer 1 satellite payload onto the launch vehicle's fourth stage motor. The photo was taken in the gantry at Launch Complex 26, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, on January 20, 1958. The January 1998 Historical Photo of the Month featured a mockup of Explorer 1 and the fourth stage motor, surrounded by several JPL engineers. For more information about Explorer, please contact the JPL Archives, see the February 1958 issue of Lab-Oratory, or see the on-line Mission Description. _______________
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