People	Taylor, Wayne
Collection	Marlborough Express Negatives
Date	26 August 1957
Abstract	There is no negative for this image and it is not in scrapbook 1. It was published in The Marlborough Express Monday August 26, 1957, page 5 and has been photographed from there. "Wayne Taylor prepares for vibration tests at the Naval Research Laboratory a 6in[ch] aluminium satellite, similar to one scheduled for launching later this year, as part of the test programme before the International Geophysical Year launching of a larger 20in[ch] satellite. The small sphere will contain miniature radio transmitters for tracking. Attached to its surface are six rectangular housings for solar batteries, to be evaluated as a possible power supply for later satellites."
Object ID	MEX0.500.0001
Object Name	Newspaper
Title	Testing the test satellite

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