Oct 20 1980
From The Space Library
NASA declared successful the mission of Magsat, launched October 30, 1979, to measure Earth's magnetic field. The satellite's lifetime exceeded that planned for it by three months and met or exceeded accuracy requirements in instrumentation and in attitude and position determination. The mission had met the objectives of developing a worldwide magnetic-field model; acquiring data for crustal magnetic-anomaly maps; and adding to knowledge of Earth's magnetic field and its temporal variations. (NASA MOR E-662-80-O1, Oct 20/80)
NASA reported that Voyager 1 would approach closest to Saturn November 12, third episode in a 10-year multibillion-mile trip to the outer planets. A briefing on the encounter would take place October 28 at Headquarters with Andrew Stofan, associate administrator; Angelo Guastaferro, director of planetary programs; Dr. Edward Stone of CalTech, project scientist; Ray Heacock of JPL, project manager; and Dr. Bradford Smith, University of Arizona, of the imaging team. (NASA Release Oct 20/80; LaRC Release 80-77)
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