Mar 17 1962
From The Space Library
VANGUARD I began fifth year in orbit, having traveled 543,195,264 miles in 15,712 orbits and still transmitting. Its rotation had slowed from three revolutions per Second to one revolution in 23 seconds due to dampening effect of the earth's magnetic field.
President Kennedy wrote Premier Khrushchev proposing specific areas of peaceful cooperation in space to be undertaken by the U.S. and U.S.S.R.: (1) in furtherance of an operational weather satellite system, proposed each country launch a weather satellite in near-polar orbit, disseminate data to all nations; (2) in space tracking, proposed each country build a tracking station in the other's territory and train personnel of the host country to maintain and operate the station; (3) in mapping the earth's magnetic field, proposed each country launch a magnetic-measurement satellite, one in near-earth orbit and one farther out, and disseminate data. to all nations; (4) in communications satellites, proposed that U.S.S.R. join in cooperative program to establish an operational communications satellite system, to be made available to all nations; (5) in manned space flight, proposed that the two countries pool their knowledge of space medicine; (6) proposed general continued future cooperation, as in joint exploration of the lunar surface or scientific investigation of Mars and Venus. Further proposed that any agreements reached be reported to the U.N. Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.
Soviet News Agency Tass reported that Cosmos I satellite was transmitting a steady stream of technical data.
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