SAN MARCO A

San Marco A was launched by an Italian crew using an American Scout [rocket from Wallops Flight Facility, on 1964, December 15.  at 20:24:00 UTC.
The satellite destructively re-entered the atmosphere on 1965, September 13.

It was the first satellite launched in the context of the San Marco Program, led by the Gen. Eng. Luigi Broglio. [see here ]

She was 13. In the middle, in the photo.

1964, December 15. Tuesday	1951, December 15. Saturday	13 years
1964, January 3. Friday	1964, January 3. Friday	0,21 year
347 days	4402 days
1954, October 10. Sunday	1954, October 10. Sunday	10 years
3372 days	1030 days

& She was 347… days old. Better: days young. At right. Yes, she is there. Behind the chair.

Where ?

Look better. In the Baby stroller! 🙂 .

& then, She was 10. “Fa rima, e c’è ! ” [italian, it means: rhyme-scheme, correct ! ].
On left, reading a newspaper.

In the spring of the ’64 there was the first recognition of Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (C.M.B.R.), or “Relic Radiation”, as a detectable phenomenon.