Oct 17 1965
From The Space Library
In an original report on communications satellites, Soviet Prof. M. Kaplanov said: "The transmitter on the MOLNIYA I Comsat had a power of 40 watts, i.e, 10 times that of the Early Bird. In this regard, the Soviet scientists and engineers have solved the most complex technical problems in the development of a sputnik equipped with onboard antennas oriented on the Earth with a strong power system assuring a supply to the transmitter throughout the entire communication session. "The development of a wideband space transmitter of 40 watts power operating continuously is an innovation in world technology. This distinguishing feature of the MOLNIYA I Comsat permits a considerable simplification of the onground equipment and a great reduction in the cost of its construction and operation. Evidently the great complexity of servicing and the inadequate reliability of the [[[ComSatCorp]]] equipment compelled France, England and West Germany to organize the alternate operating of their ground receiving points of space communication. Each of these points operates only one week out of three, the second week it is in reserve, and the third is spent in repair work, We note that the Soviet onground facilities for space communication in Moscow and Vladivostok have been operating daily since the launching of the MOLNIYA I. This is quite important for a satellite communication system, since upon the operating cost there depends greatly its ability to compete with other means of communication." (Izvestia, 10/17/16, 5, ATSS-T Trans.)
Boris Yegorov, Soviet physician-cosmonaut, said in interview in Izvestia's Sunday supplement Nedelya that it was quite possible that in prolonged spaceflight the human organism would develop a new complex of protective-adaptive mechanisms which would safely protect it under conditions of weightlessness. At the same time, Yegorov voiced the fear that these new changes might persist and not be easily removed after return to earth. To aid in re-adaptation to earth's gravity, he said future Soviet cosmonauts would use exercises and drugs. (Tass, 10/23/65; Shabad, NYT, 10/24/65, 59)
October 17-18: "Galileo," a Convair 990 jet equipped with $3 million of sensitive equipment, took off from Hickam AFB, Hawaii, and raced with the sun to keep comet Ikeya-Seki in view for the longest possible period. A team of 30 scientists aboard the aircraft, under NASA sponsorship, would (1) make spectral observations of Ikeya-Seki's coma and tail in ultraviolet and infrared, and (2) photograph comet's tail in the vicinity of the sun. The former observations would pertain to the composition and structure of the comet; the latter would permit studying the solar corona and solar wind at high inclination angles and would assist research on comet disintegration. (NASA Release 65-332; NYT, 10/18/65, 10)
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