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.
