<i id="mwxw"><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_1A" id="mwyA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Echo 1A">Echo 1A</a></i>, NASA's first successful <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_satellite" id="mwyQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Communications satellite">communications satellite</a>, is launched.<sup about="#mwt38" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-6"}}' id="cite_ref-6" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_12#cite_note-6" id="mwyg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwyw">[6]</span></a></sup>
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