Jun 26 1972
From The Space Library
U.S.S.R. launched Cosmos 496 from Baikonur into orbit with 253-km (157.2-mi) apogee, 176-km (109.4-mi) perigee, 88.8- min period, and 51.6° inclination. Satellite reentered July 2. (GSFC SSR, 6/30/72; 7/31/72; Sov Aero, 7/3/72, 6)
President Nixon discussed future meaning of Moscow summit meetings in exclusive article published by U.S. News & World Report: "Our agreements for joint American-Soviet efforts to combat pollution, advance medical science and public health, and work together in science and technology can be expected to broaden with the passage of time, creating a steadily growing vested interest in peace between our two countries. The dramatic space cooperation agreement, including an Apollo-Soyuz rendezvous and docking mission in 1975, points in this same direction. So does the comprehensive trade agreement which should be worked out in a matter of months." (US News, 6/26/72)
Marshall Space Flight Center announced issuance of requests for proposals for design and construction of mobile ground-station receiver for visible laser communications experiment, scheduled to fly on ATS-G Applications Technology Satellite in mid-1975. Proposals were due July 17. (MSFC Release 72-78)
Air Force unveiled F-15 air superiority fighter aircraft in ceremonies at McDonnell Douglas facility in St. Louis, Mo. F-15 was fixed- wing, single-place aircraft in 18 000-kg (40 000-1b) class, with maximum mach 2 speed. (AFSC Release 080.72)
June 26-29: Dale D. Myers, NASA Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight, and NASA Sortie Lab Team held discussions in Noordwijk, Netherlands, with officials of ESTEC, European Space Research Organization's Research and Technology Center. ESTEC had been asked by ESRO to determine resources required by Europe if European Space Conference decided to develop space shuttle sortie lab [see June 14]. NASA told ESTEC officials Europe should view sortie lab as nearly uniquely European as possible, with dependence on U.S. held to minimum. If U.S. agreed to let Europe build system to U.S. design, U.S. would insist on completely new qualification program to qualify source and system. NASA found ESRO and ESTEC representatives "eager" to undertake sortie lab program. (NASA OMSF, Memo for Record, 9/7/72)
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