Jun 21 1964
From The Space Library
Ranger VII arrived at Cape Kennedy after cross-country trip by van from JPL. Spacecraft was to undergo series of tests with Atlas-Agena launch vehicle before the planned launch in late July or August. (NASA Release 64-152)
France planned to launch a series of constant-level balloon weather stations in the southern hemisphere and a satellite to "interrogate" them on their findings. Named Project Eole, it was scheduled for 1967. Up to 256 balloons were to be sent aloft, each carrying four pounds of weather and communications equipment, to remain at fixed altitudes between 16,500 and 33,000 ft, for at least ten days. The French satellite would interrogate each balloon twice during a single pass overhead. (Simons, Wash. Post, 6/21/64)
Among 49 new projects voted by U.N. Special Fund was $582,000 grant to help India establish a satellite tracking station and perform research in space communications. (L.A. Times, Wash. Post, 6/22/64)
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