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James A. Van Allen lab journal, March 1958-September 1959

Page 135

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10/11/1958 The Air Force's Thor Able moon rocket (9:30 AM note) was fired early this morning with apparent success. (Firing ~ 2 AM?) It carries in its payload, among other things, one of our Anton 706 ionization chambers complete with McIlwain's logorithmic electrometer -- Dynamic range 1 to (10 exponent 6) r/hour.
 
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