Jun 13 1972
From The Space Library
President Nixon transmitted to Congress U.S: U.S.S.R. Treaty on Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems and also Interim Agreement on Strategic Offensive Arms, both signed in Moscow May 26. In filmed TV broadcast from White House President said: ".. . these agreements are in the security interest of the United States." They would enable U.S. "to maintain defenses second to none." In trans-mission message he said agreements "open the opportunity for a new and more constructive U.S.-Soviet relationship, characterized by negotiated settlements of differences, rather than by the hostility and confrontation of decades past" (PD, 6/19/72, 1026)
NASA launched Aerobee 170 sounding rocket from White Sands Missile Range, N.Mex., carrying Univ. of Colorado solar physics experiment. Rocket and instrumentation performed satisfactorily. (SR list)
Claire Sterling commented in Washington Post article on progress of United Nations Conference on the Human Environment [see June 5-16]. At halfway point "nobody is signing anything. We may all be in favor of what the Chinese speak of here as `a beautiful environment for mankind,' but neither China nor any other state is giving up a shred of sovereignty, or binding itself on a single proposition by treaty or covenant." Conference was not discussing some of worst environmental problems-"worldwide population explosion, rapid depletion of the planet's non-renewable resources, and an approaching global energy crisis"-except at counterconferences, "where non-delegates are talking their heads off." Everyone was talking about money, "but nobody is ... coming up with enough of it to matter." (W Post, 6/13/72, A20)
June 13-14: Intelsat-IV F-5 comsat was launched by NASA for Communications Satellite Corp. on behalf of International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium (INTELSAT). Satellite, launched from Eastern Test Range at 5:39 pm EDT by Atlas-Centaur booster, entered elliptical transfer orbit. Primary NASA objective was to place satellite into transfer orbit accurate enough for spacecraft onboard propulsion systems to place it in planned synchronous orbit. ComSatCorp objectives were to fire apogee motor, position satellite in its planned geostationary orbit, and operate and manage communications system for INTELSAT. Apogee-kick motor was fired at 9:00 pm EDT June 14 and Intelsat-IV F-5 entered circular orbit with 36 824.2-km (22 882.1- mi) altitude at 124° east longitude. It would drift westward 4.4° per day to reach station at 61.4° east longitude over Indian Ocean by end of July. Satellite's first major transmission would be coverage of Olympic Games in Munich in August. Intelsat-IV F-5 was fourth comsat in Intelsat IV series. Satellite was 238 cm (93.7 in) in diameter and 528 cm (208 in) high and weighed 1387 kg (3058 lbs) at launch. It had 12 transponders, providing 12 TV channels and 3000-9000 telephone circuits, and was capable of multiple-access and simultaneous transmissions. Expected lifetime was seven years. Intelsat-IV F-4 had been launched Jan. 22 and was operating satisfactorily over Pacific. (NASA proj off; NASA Release 72-119)
June 13-15: National Symposium on Technology Transfer was sponsored in Washington, D.C., by American Chemical Society, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Society for Metals, American Society for Nondestructive Testing, American Society for Quality Control, and American Society for Testing and Materials. NASA officials led workshop on design techniques and reliability procedures on June 15. Cochairmen Howard M. Weiss, Deputy Director of Reliability and Quality Assurance Office, and Joseph H. Levine, Chief of Reliability Div. at Manned Spacecraft Center, discussed computer aids to structural design, principles of reliable design and systems safety, and role of testing in design process. (NASA Release 72-91)
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