May 10 1969
From The Space Library
Loose wire in 1st stage of Delta launch vehicle's guidance system had been identified by final failure review committee as most probable cause of Intelsat-III F-1 mission failure Sept. 18, 1968, NASA announced. Report did not eliminate possibility that electrical failure in unrecovered pitch gyro or interconnecting wiring had caused failure. (NASA Release 69-71)
Nike-Cajun sounding rocket was launched by NASA from Arenosillo, Spain, carrying grenade payload for Spain to conduct meteorological studies. Rocket and instruments functioned satisfactorily. (NASA Proj Off)
Comsat station for communications with Europe was opened at Yamaguchi, Japan, to replace telephone and telegraph relay through U.S. (Reuters, W Post, 5/11/69, A3)
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