In 2018 JPL celebrates the 60th anniversary of America’s first satellite, Explorer 1. Henry Richter started working at JPL in 1955 as an engineer and Supervisor for the New Circuit Elements Group. Later he was a Staff Engineer for the Deep Space Network and then Chief of the Space Instruments Section (322). During the Explorer Project Dr. Richter was project manager for the satellite design, in charge of JPL experiments for the International Geophysical Year, and was liaison between the Satellite Instrumentation Group and the Operations and Data Groups. TAGS:HENRY RICHTER, DEEP SPACE NETWORK, JPL