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Photograph caption dated August 26, 1959 reads, "Satellite tracker - Operator demonstrates infra-red sky scanner so sensitive it can detect lighted cigarette at 200 miles. Developed at San Fernando International Telephone and Telegraph Laboratories, highly portable instrument will be used to track satellites by their infra-red emissions."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation--Technological innovations International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation--Employees Men--California--San Fernando Artificial satellites--California--San Fernando--Tracking Laboratories--California--San Fernando Infrared detectors--California--San Fernando San Fernando (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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