Project Orbiter

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Project Orbiter was a proposed spacecraft, an early competitor to Project Vanguard. It was jointly run by the United States Army and United States Navy. It was ultimately rejected by the Ad Hoc Committee on Special Capabilities, which selected proceeding with Vanguard instead.

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