Apr 24 1962
From The Space Library
Joint U.S.-Japanese sounding rocket launching at Wallops Station, Va., was postponed because of high winds.
U.S.S.R. launched Cosmos III, identified by Tass as another of the scientific satellites in a series to study weather, communications, and radiation. Orbital data: apogee, 448 mi. (720 km.); perigee, 142 (229 km.); period, 93.8; inclination, 48°59'.
DOD removed secrecy classification from the satellite Anna, a joint geodetic satellite designed to enable measurement of intercontinental distances and the shape of the earth.
First transmission of TV pictures in space, made via orbiting ECHO I. Signals beamed from MIT's Lincoln Laboratory at Camp Parks, Calif., bounced off ECHO I, and received at Millstone Hill near Westford, Mass. Picture telecast was that of the initials "M.I.T." and travelled a distance between 3,000 and 4,000 miles, using equipment built for USAF Project Westford experiment. Since test used misshapen ECHO I, scientists felt that experiment should increase interest in passive satellites for communications once Echo II is orbited.
President Kennedy gave the order to resume nuclear testing in the atmosphere, to be conducted by Joint Task Force 8 under the command of Maj. Gen. A. D. Starbird.
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