Word: hynek
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Twilight Sight. The Russians made their sputnik more conveniently visible in their own territory than in the U.S. during its first trips around the earth, but U.S. observers will get their chance eventually. Dr. Joseph A. Hynek, director of the observatory's satellite-tracking program, calculates that the satellite's orbit shifts around the earth at 4° per day. This will bring it over the U.S. at twilight on about Oct. 20, when it should be visible through small telescopes or binoculars...
...Allen Hynek, director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's optical tracking program, revealed yesterday that three major radio installations--one in New York, one in Chicago, and one in Cambridge--which had previously been picking up the satellite's steady beep beep signal lost radio contact with the object late Monday night and yesterday morning...
...Hynek said last night that with the sighting data now assembled "it is very likely that we can work out a definite orbit within 24 hours...
...first report of the satellite's launching was received at the Observatory at about 6:30 p.m. from an Associated Press release. J. Allen Hynek, the Associate Director of the Smithsonian in charge of the tracking program, and Kenneth H. Drummond, an administrative officer, immediately summoned what staff they could assemble and began to telephone "moonwatch" posts throughout the country...
...launching of the Soviet satellite came as a complete surprise, Hynek reported. U. S. scientists questioned Russian representatives at an IGY meeting in Washington three days ago, but the Soviets refused to comment until they "had the satellite successfully launched...