Nov 10 1960
From The Space Library
Advanced Polaris (A-2) successfully launched on record 1,600-mile flight at AMR.
Department of Defense placed Navy's SPASUR (Space Surveillance Detection Net) and the Air Force's SPACE-TRACK (National Space Surveillance Control Center) under the North American Air Defense Command for military functions. NASA would assume SPACETRACK's function of passing on information on space vehicles to the world's scientific community.
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