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...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...
...loss of radio contact with the satellite had caused Smithsonian astronomers to place increased emphasis on the visual spotting program organized in this country under "Operation Moonwatch...
Approximately six sightings have been made so far--all of them either in Alaska or Australia--but Fred L. Whipple, director of the Smithsonian, is almost certain that these are contacts with the third stage of the rocket that propelled the satellite into its present orbit...
Despite three confirmed visual sightings of the third stage of the Russian satellite-launching rocket, Dr. Fred L. Whipple, director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, said last night that he would be unable to determine an orbit for the Communist moon. Whipple attributed the failure to compute the path to "highly unfavorable conditions" surrounding one of the sightings...
...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...