Mar 10 1975
From The Space Library
NASA signed a contract with Italy's Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (National Research Council) to launch the SIRIO experimental communications satellite. The contract-signed by Dr. James C. Fletcher, NASA Administrator, and Prof. Alessandro Faedo, CNR President-provided for the launch of the microwave propagation satellite aboard a Thor-Delta launch vehicle in the fall of 1976. (NASA Release 75-67)
NASA announced the selection of Goodyear Aerospace Corp. for negotiations leading to a $1000 000 contract to provide a special purpose processor to support the Large Area Crop Inventory Experiment (LACIE) at Johnson Space Center. (JSC Release 75-17)
Orders for U.S.-manufactured commercial jet transport aircraft at the end of 1974 totaled 564, valued at $7 587 000 000, the Aerospace Industries Association reported. The aircraft total was down from 573 aircraft, valued at $7 252 000000, on order at the end of 1973. The orders included 210 aircraft from Boeing Co., 178 from Lockheed Aircraft Corp., and 176 from McDonnell Douglas Corp. (AIA Release, 10 March 75)
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