Sep 16 1956

From The Space Library

September 10-15: Scientists from 40 nations, including the United States and U.S.S.R., at a meeting in Barcelona of the Special Committee for the IGY (CSAGI), approved resolutions calling for, among other things, countries having satellite programs to use tracking and telemetering, radio systems compatible with those that have been announced at the current CSAGI meeting, and to release technical information on tracking equipment and scheduling and planning information esseatial to preparation for and execution of optical and radio observations.