Dec 21 1960
From The Space Library
Space Technology Laboratories was selected by NASA for contract negotiations for an orbiting geophysical observatory (OGO) satellite program. To be managed by GSFC, OGO will be NASA's first standardized satellite, often referred to as the "streetcar' satellite, capable of placing 50 different geophysical experiments on any one flight.
Eight-engine cluster of Saturn successfully static fired for 65 seconds at MSFC, the firing generating 1,300,000 pounds of thrust.
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