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From the Archives, 1967: US spacecraft missing in the Australian outback – WAtoday
In 1967, light aircraft were chartered to search for the missing U.S. spacecraft, Biosatellite 1, in the Western Australian outback. The search was requested by…
The Minister for Supply (Senator Henty) said yesterday the search area was about 300 miles north-east of Perth.
The area is sparsely populated and covered mainly with low brush, swamps and dry lakes.
Two or three light planes are expected to start the search today.
Centre of the search area is a 40 by 100-mile area between Lake Barlee and Lake Moore.
The Biosatellite was launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida, on December 14 last year. It was designed to come down after three days in orbit. However,…
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