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- ↑ "Display: Yuri 1 1978-039A". NASA. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2021.This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
- ↑ Morin, Monte (9 August 2014). "Vintage ISEE-3 satellite makes long-awaited flyby on Sunday". The Los Angeles Times.
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