Nov 5 1960
From The Space Library
EXPLORER VIII launched into an elliptical orbit from AMR by four-stage Juno II, containing instrumentation for detailed measurements of the ionosphere. This was the 10th time that JPL-developed upper stage rocket clusters had successfully placed satellites or deep space probes into orbit.
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