Caption: Photo of U.S.Earth satellite launching vehicle released last night by the Defense Department shows third test rocket in the Vanguard test series with nose cone attached and in firing position at the Cape Canaveral, Fla. missile test center. The Navy expects within a few days to launch the vehicle which will consist of a prototype of the first stage, except for some test instrumentation, with dummy second and third stages, and have the external appearance of the final launcher.
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