Jan 15 1968
From The Space Library
NASA announced personnel changes: Samuel H. Hubbard, OMSF Special Assistant, Gemini Program, moved to Apollo Applications Program Office as Special Assistant for Programs, responsible for ensuring adequate communications and documentation were provided by AAP in support of organizations with program interfaces. Col. Maynard E. White (USAF, Ret.), Director, MSF Program Control, was named Director of MSF Management Operations. Jerald K. Kubat of Apollo Program Control would succeed him. (NASA Ann)
USAF Air Defense Command was redesignated Aerospace Defense Command. (SBD, 1/3/68, 1; AFHF Newsletter, 2/68)
Terms for development, production, and launch of two comsats for U.K. under DOD contract announced March 8, 1967, were made final in $7,535,000 fixed-price-incentive-fee USAF contract with Philco-Ford Corp.'s Space and Re-entry Systems Div. First satellite would be launched into synchronous, equatorial orbit with Thor-Delta booster from ETR in 1968; second satellite would be backup. Philco-Ford would design satellites "to satisfy certain defense communications requirements of the United Kingdom." Satellites would have station-keeping capability to maintain specific positions over earth. Space and Missile Systems Organization would be contracting agency. (AFSC Release 195.67)
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