Word: spacetrack
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Dates: during 1962-1962
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...Southern states of the U.S. Its transmitters hurl radio energy hundreds of miles from the earth; its receivers catch satellite reflections for quick triangulation and tracking. It has detected space junk as small as a 14-ft. strand of wire from an old satellite. Says Captain Orville Greynolds, a spacetrack officer in Colorado Springs: "No one could launch a space vehicle and keep it a secret. We are positive we have checked and tracked all Russian objects now in space...
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