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ESRO - SALTO DI QUIRRA [2]
September 27, 1967. Launch of a Cuckou Skylark-7C rocket with the ESRO S26/1 payload which
carried 5 British experiments to study Ionosphere ionizing radiations and solar x-rays. The orbit had
an apogee of 183 km. Commemorative cover canceled with the unified Italian canceling device,
October 4, 1967. Launch of Cuckoo-Skylark-7C carrying the payload ESRO S19 for studying the
ionosphere. The rocket reached the apogee of km 207
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