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[Explorer 1 satellite being launched atop Juno 1 rocket]
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2013-09-17_image_237
Source
The G. Harry Stine Space History and Model Rocketry Collection (2013-09-17), Box 65, Folder 12
Series
2013-09-17, Series III
Description
Photograph of the Explorer 1 satellite being launched atop the Juno 1 rocket, Florida, February 1, 1958.
Inscription on verso: "Explorer I / January 31, 1958."
Stamped on verso: "Color by Col-Cor-A / Color Corporation of America / The quality color service to the trade / New York City and Tampa, Florida."
Creation Date
1958-02-01
Subject
Space programs
Explorer 1 (Artificial satellite)
Launch vehicles (Astronautics)
Artificial satellites
Place
Florida
United States
Extent
1 photograph : print, color ; 8 x 10 in
Language
English
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photographic prints
Bibliographic Citation
The G. Harry Stine Space History and Model Rocketry Collection/The Museum of Flight
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[Explorer 1 satellite being launched atop Juno 1 rocket]
, [2013-09-17_image_237]. Museum of Flight Digital Collections, accessed 12/12/2025, https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/nodes/view/15872
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