Aug 28 1973
From The Space Library
The U.S.S.R. launched Cosmos 582 from Plesetsk into orbit with a 542-km (336.8-mi) apogee, 519-km (322.5-mi) perigee, 95.2-min period, and 74.0° inclination. (GSFC SSR, 8/31/73; SBD, 9/6/73, 10)
The 128-nation International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) convened in Rome to consider proposals for new agreements to curb aircraft hi-jacking. Neither The Hague Convention of 1970 for the suppression of unlawful seizure of aircraft nor the Montreal Convention of 1971 for suppression of unlawful acts against the safety of civil aviation had yet been ratified by the necessary two-thirds majority of ICAO membership, the New York Times said later. "This means that there is still no inter-national legal machinery requiring governments to impose sanctions against air piracy." (Hoffman, NYT, 8/29/73, 58)
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