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Statement by the President on the Launching of Satellite Tiros I.

April 01, 1960

I CONGRATULATE Dr. T. Keith Glennan and the members of his Agency, the scientists and engineers, the supporting contractors and military services that contributed so magnificently to this achievement.

Once again, many elements of our scientific, technological and industrial communities have cooperated in the further development of our national program in space exploration under NASA's leadership.

Note: Satellite Tiros I was designed to aid in meteorological research through such means as the transmission to earth of pictures of cloud formation.

Dwight D. Eisenhower, Statement by the President on the Launching of Satellite Tiros I. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/235638

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