Page 10 - Italy In Space
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ESRO - SALTO DI QUIRRA [3]
May 14, 1968. Second Launch of French sounding rocket Belier III 306, in a test mission on behalf of
CNES (French Space Agency). A special non-postal stamp was sometimes added by Poste Italiane for
covers cancelled on behalf of the Salto Di Quirra Test Missile Range.
October 5, 1968. Launch of a Cuckoo Skylark 3.Ionosphere/solar x.rays mission in the ESRO
Campaign. The ESRO/CERS rubber stamp is introduced, together with a bleu Salto di Quirra rubber
stamp, reading “Poligono Sperimentale di Salto di Quirra” (Salto di Quirra Experimental Missile
Range).
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