Dec 11 1989
From The Space Library
An Air Force Delta 2 launch vehicle was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying a NAVSTAR navigation satellite. The NAVSTAR would be the fifth in an eventual network of 21 military and commercial satellites that would comprise the Global Positioning System. (SSR 1989 097 A-C; AP, Dec 11/89; NY Times, Dec 12/89; USA Today, Dec 12/89; W Times, Dec 12/89; C Trib, Dec 12/89)
NASA Administrator Richard H. Truly named Dale L. Compton to be Director of the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, effective December 20. Compton, who succeeded William F. Ballhaus, had been Acting Director since Ballhaus resigned on July 15. (NASA Release 89-182, Dec 11/89)
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