File:330-PSA-23-62 (USN 711007) (21649093158).jpg

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Description 330-PSA-23-62 (USN 711007): The Naval Research Laboratory’s Solar Radiation IV will monitor x-ray radiation from the Sun and ultraviolet radiation in the night sky. Visible in the photograph are: three solar cell patches; one of the sphere’s four x-ray detectors (dark vertical line on left side of ball’s equator); the four parallel gun-barrel-like ultraviolet detectors; the six Earth-aspect detectors (dark tube-like attachments or horns jutting out diagonally from the sphere); the two small gas satellite’s equator; half of the four miniature rocket backup spin-up satellites making up the payload of Composite I. Photograph released January 24, 1962. (9/29/2015).
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Author National Museum of the U.S. Navy

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Photograph Curator at https://flickr.com/photos/127906254@N06/21649093158 (archive). It was reviewed on 10 July 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

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