EXPLORER AND VANGUARD TRACKING STATION - MASUDAYA - JAPAN

Structoys / Masudaya Large red lithographed tinplate battery operated radar control center. MT. Satellite rotates around Earth in the central window. Rotating antenna. Morse key operates buzzer and light on pylon. Versions exist with Structoys and Masudaya logos at bottom left of box lid. In the Miles Kimball catalog for 1958. One of the four Masudaya space toys using this distinctive pressing.