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... min; and inclination, 29.7°. Purpose of mission was to conduct "engineering test for the launching of scientific satellites." Tansei, "Light Blue," was named for Univ. of Tokyo colors. First satellite ... from which it was launched-had been launched Feb. 11, 1970. ''(UN General Assembly Release 71-03697; SBD, 2/17/71, 211; NASA Off Int Aff; W Star, 2/16/71, A7)'' Scientists ... . had refused at Feb. 11-12 conference in Washington, D.C., to sell U.S. launch vehicles for European comsats. Lefevre said State Dept. had told him, however, that if two ...

... , and tested spacecraft and balloons and would manage balloon launchings, spacecraft tracking, data acquisition, and data processing. NASA provided launch vehicle, prelaunch support, launch operations, and initial tracking and data acquisition. Data would ... , former Manager of Spacecraft and Launch Systems in Washington, D.C., office of McDonnell Douglas Corp., became Deputy Assistant Administrator (Programs). ''(NASA Ann, 8/13/71)'' August 16-20: Working Group on ...

... Yevtushenko had visited Kennedy Space Center KSC and witnessed Apollo 16 launch as NASA guest April 16. ''( Kennedy Space Center KSC PAO)'' November 16-27: Explorer 48 (SAS-B) Small Astronomy Satellite, second in series of three, was successfully launched for NASA by Italian crew at ...

... . ''(Kotulak, C Trib News Service, C Trib, 12/16/72)'' December 16-January 22, 1973: West Germany's Aeros Aeronomy Satellite was successfully launched by NASA from Western Test Range at 3:25 ... in Memorandum of Understanding signed June 10, 1969. NASA was responsible for one experiment, Scout launch vehicle, launch, and limited tracking and data acquisition. West German Ministry for Education and Science (BMBw ...

... and clocking module, flight and crew operations at Manned Spacecraft Center , launch vehicle operations at Marshall Space Flight Center , and launch operations at Kennedy Space Center . ''(NASA Release 73-5)'' Dr. James ... negative ion conductivities. The rocket and instrumentation performed satisfactorily. A Nike-Tomahawk sounding rocket was launched from Andoeya, Norway, carrying a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration experiment to a 280.0 ... 1973 12 Jan 13 1973 13 Jan 14 1973 14 Jan 15 1973 15 Jan 16 1973 16 Jan 17 1973 17 Jan 18 1973 18 Jan 19 1973 19 Jan 20 ...

... would be reviewed after the completion of the Skylab 3 mission (launched July 28), If technical problems necessitated an earlier launch to minimize the length of unmanned operations, it would not be ... base for a climatology of stratospheric ozone in the tropics. Both launches were in conjunction with a Nimbus 4 satellite (launched April 8, 1970) overpass. The first Arcas reached a 52.7 ... 1973 12 Aug 13 1973 13 Aug 14 1973 14 Aug 15 1973 15 Aug 16 1973 16 Aug 17 1973 17 Aug 18 1973 18 Aug 19 1973 19 Aug 20 ...

... in space the 16th anniversary of America's first step toward the heavens. From the launch of a 30-pound 13.6-kg space satellite, we progressed to the exploration of ... with being there." ''(Science, 10/16/73, 659-90)'' Soviet Academician Boris N. Petrov said in Moscow that India's first scientific satellite-to be launched in late 1974-would study solar ... , and x-ray emissions from outer space and the earth's ionosphere. It would be launched by a Soviet booster of the kind used for Intercosmos satellites. Subsequent Indian satellites would ...

... -24)'' Sms 1 (SMS-A Synchronous Meteorological Satellite)-first meteorological satellite in synchronous orbit-was launched by NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from Eastern Test Range at 5 ... no space-craft anomalies, and the first photos were transmitted 24 May. NASA objectives-to launch the spacecraft into a geosynchronous orbit of sufficient accuracy to accomplish operational mission requirements and ... 1974 12 May 13 1974 13 May 14 1974 14 May 15 1974 15 May 16 1974 16 May 17 1974 17 May 18 1974 18 May 19 1974 19 May 20 ...

... granite monument-and in 15th anniversary ceremonies at the Goddard Space Flight Center , which also launched a commemorative rocket. Dr. Goddard had written on space navigation while still in high school ... on 17 July 1969, the morning after the Apollo astronauts were launched toward the first lunar landing. The original rocket launched by Dr. Goddard in 1926 was about 3 m high, traveled ... taken by car to the scene as the scheduled helicopter could not fly. (NYT, 16 Mar 76, 16; W Post, 17 Mar 76, C-2; ( GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER GSFC News, Mar ...

... Halley’s Comet , aboard an Ariane 1 launcher. They scheduled the launch for the first day of the July 1985 launch window. Giotto would go into a heliocentric transfer trajectory that would ... and was tumbling in orbit unable to relay its signal effectively to Earth. Launched board an Atlas E launch vehicle in 1983, the 1,700-kilometer (3,775-pound) satellite had six ... 1984 12 Jul 13 1984 13 Jul 14 1984 14 Jul 15 1984 15 Jul 16 1984 16 Jul 17 1984 17 Jul 18 1984 18 Jul 19 1984 19 Jul 20 ...

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