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Simons, Keneth A.
Keneth A. Simons papers, circa 1957-1958.
This accession consists of records created and maintained by Keneth Simons documenting his participation on the Moonwatch Team and the local publicity he received. Materials include a report on the Team's work, clippings, instructions for tracking satellites, tracking data, and audio recordings of satellites
American ham radio operator and cable television and radio engineer. Simons worked for Bell Telephone Laboratories and later was a founding employee of Jerrold Electronics Corporation. In 1957, he became involved in the Bryn Athyn Moonwatch Team as a radio engineer. Moonwatch teams were established around the world by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Moonwatch Division to track and photograph artificial satellites. The Bryn Athyn Moonwatch Team was relatively unique in that it combined the use of radios and telescopes to track satellites. Simons was primarily involved in Doppler tracking the Sputnik satellites.
Simons, Keneth A.
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Moonwatch Division.
Amateur radio stations
Artificial satellites -- Tracking
Astronomy
Satellites.
Sputnik satellites
Manuscripts. aat
AIP-ICOS
Smithsonian Institution. Archives. Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507, 600 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20024-2520, USA
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