Jul 3 1974
From The Space Library
The U.S.S.R. launched Soyuz 14 from Baykonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam, carrying Cosmonauts Pavel R. Popovich and Yuri P. Artyukhin to work in the orbiting Salyut 3 research station launched 25 June [see 25 June-19 July]. (GSFC Wkly SSR, 3-10 July 74; Tass, FBIS-Sov, 5 July 74, U1)
International Business Machines Corp. and Communications Satellite Corp. announced plans to enter the domestic satellite communications field. Subject to Federal Communications Commission approval, IBM and ComSatCorp subsidiary COMSAT General Corp. would acquire two-thirds interest in CML Satellite Corp. from Lockheed Aircraft Corp. and MCI Communications Corp. for $5 million. COMSAT General already owned the remaining one third. IBM would own 55% of the joint organization and COMSAT General 45%; shares would be offered to the public. CML-developing plans for a domestic satellite system to relay specialized voice, image, and data communications-was expected to operate its first satellite system in the late 1970s. (IBM & ComSatCorp Release, 3 July 74)
NASA announced the appointment of J. Lloyd Jones as Deputy Associate Administrator for Aeronautics Technology in the Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology. Jones had been Director of the Aerodynamics and Vehicle Systems Div. in OAST since 1972, when he had come to NASA Hq. from Ames Research Center. He had been at ARC since 1954.
In an OAST reorganization providing for two deputies instead of one, Deputy Associate Administrator for Technology Robert E. Smylie became Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Technology. (NASA Release 74-187)
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