Jun 6 1962
From The Space Library
Three sounding rockets were launched from NASA’s Wallops Station, Va.: The first, a Nike-Apache, was launched at 7:40 PM (EDT), with a 70-lb. payload containing a pivot-static probe, reaching 78 miles altitude; the second, a Nike-Cajun, was launched at 8:05 PM, consisted of 11 explosive charges and a balloon, released from 25 miles to 64 miles altitude; the third, a Nike-Asp, was launched at 8:56 PM, consisted of sodium vapor clouds to measure atmospheric winds and diffusion, ejected at about 20 miles and extending to a peak altitude of about 100 miles.
NASA announced that a contract would be negotiated with the Linde Co., a division of United Carbide Corp., to supply liquid hydrogen for use on the West Coast, particularly for development of RL-10 engine and for the 1.2-million-pound-thrust M-1 engine under development by Aerojet-General. Linde would build a plant at Sacramento, Calif.
U.S. patent (No. 3,008,154) was granted to Dr. Vladimir K. Zworykin for a rocket to be used in detecting strength and polarity of electric fields in clouds. Such data could then be used in control of cloud movements and in effecting weather changes. Patent was first applied for in 1948 but until now was kept secret at. request of DOD. Dr. Zworykin is a consultant to the Princeton Laboratories of RCA and honorary vice president of RCA.
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