When the Soviet Union rejected the proposal, Eisenhower sought other ways to gather intelligence. On July 29, he announced that the United States would begin work on a scientific satellite.
The Czech Republic, once part of a former Soviet satellite state and with little sympathy for Russia’s efforts to restore its lost empire, is one of Ukraine’s most ardent supporters.
Launched in utter secrecy, Parcae’s orbital triads tracked Soviet warships in real-time, offering a vital edge at the height of the Cold War.
The United States could have put a satellite in orbit before now but to ... Oct. 9--President Eisenhower ruled out today any joint Soviet-American "attempt to dictate to the world." ...
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Sept. 27--The U.N. Steering Committee tonight Soviet objections and voted to shelve for another year the question of seating China in the world organization. Vice-President ...