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on November 14, 2024

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Independent-Press Telegram 1963-06-15

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Tracking OSCAR III over Long Beach

The first image is from December 1963 taken at the Los Alamitos Naval Base now JFTB Los Alamitos. The article describes a plan to build a tracking station for OSCAR III at the Los Alamitos Naval Air Station. Press Telegram 1963-12-15 The second image below is from November 1964 describing an OSCAR III tracking station built at the Long Beach Municipal Airport by the Microwave Society of Long Beach with help from the City of Long Beach and The Los Alamitos Naval Air Station, so it seems the tracking station originally set for Los Alamitos NAS ended up at Long Beach Municipal Airport. Press Telegram 1964-11-15 Skipping a few months to March 1965. In the article it shows members of the Microwave Society of Long Beach performing a dry run of their equipment in readiness of tracking OSCAR III. OSCAR III was launched on the 9th of March 1965 three days before this article was published. Press Telegram 1965-03-12

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