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THE solar eclipse of May 20, 1966, was observed by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's 1965 93 A satellite and telemetered at Arcetri. This observation, so far as we know% is the first one performed by an orbiting device.
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Kreplin, R. W., Final Data and Calibrations for the Explorer 30 (NRL SOLRAD 8) (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, 1966).
Tousey, R., Purcell, J. D., and Snider, C. B., “Some Recent XUV Spectroheliograms”, paper presented at the Conference on “UV and X-ray Spectroscopy”, Culham, England (1966).
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LANDINI, M., RUSSO, D. & TAGLIAFERRI, G. Solar Eclipse of May 20, 1966, observed by the Solrad 8 Satellite in X-ray and Ultra-violet Bands. Nature 211, 393–394 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/211393a0
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