Jun 2 1962
From The Space Library
USAF announced that OSCAR II satellite had been launched piggyback on an unidentified satellite on June 1, on behalf of the American Radio Relay League. With a 92-minute period, the 10-lb. satellite broadcasts "Hi" in Morse code on 144.993 megacycles for use by amateur radio operators. Unlike OSCAR I launched on December 10, 1961, advance notice was not given the Project Oscar Association on the launching of OSCAR II.
Navy successfully fired a Polaris missile from submerged nuclear submarine U.S.S. Thomas Edison, off Cape Canaveral. The Polaris flew some 1,500 miles.
Scientists of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, at Boulder, Colo., after intensive interviews with Astronaut Scott Carpenter, concluded that the layer of "haze" reported on the horizon by both Carpenter and Glenn was in reality the phenomenon known as airglow—the emission of light of various colors and wavelengths, caused by chemical reactions in gas molecules in the upper atmosphere.
NASA reported it had received more than 700 requests for personal appearances by the Mercury astronauts for the July 4th holiday, but there was little likelihood that any would be accepted. Astronaut John Glenn had received more than 8,000 requests for appearances since his orbital flight on Feb. 20, 1962.
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