Observing Satellite Orbits Over Iceland 60 Years Ago…

  Introduction These observations started in August of 1964.  The reason was that after the French Space Research Organization (CNES) rocket launches were conducted earlier in the summer, Dr. Thorsteinn Saemundsson, astrophysicist with the High Altitude Research Department of the University of Iceland’s Science Institute and Dr. Agust Valfells, nuclear engineer and then Director of … Continue reading Observing Satellite Orbits Over Iceland 60 Years Ago…