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Test inflation of a PAGEOS satellite in a blimp hangar at Weeksville, North Carolina.

The Pageos (Passive Geodetic Earth-Orbiting Satellite) satellite inflated in the Weeksville blimp hangar. Langley managed the Pageos project. The satellite was virtually identical to Echo 1. Pageos was used by the U.S. Coastal and Geodetic Survey to determine the precise location of the earth's continents.

Image Number: L-1965-06541
Date Taken: August 5, 1965
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  • Taken: Aug 5, 1965
  • Uploaded: Apr 24, 2024
  • Updated: Apr 24, 2024