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Cloud cover analysis made from mosaic of three photographs taken from astabilized camera in the nose cone of an Atlas rocket fired from Cape Canaveral. The 3 photos were taken at an altitude of approximately 400miles. This preceded the launch of TIROS I by 7 months. In: Operational Useof Weather Satellites, U. S. Navy Research Facility, Norfolk, Va., March 1960.