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Satellite Model Displayed in Museum in Chicago
A plastic eighteen inch sphere model of artificial earth satellites, created by Popular Science Monthly, is on display at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry. The exhibit mirrors proposed satellites to be launched between 1957 and 1958 to orbit 200 to 800 miles from Earth, aiding data collection on space conditions.
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