Sep 6 1967
From The Space Library
EARLY BIRD 1 communications satellite passed its test as a device for expediting clearance of passengers and cargo through airports when jet aircraft would be put in service in 1970. Moments after an airline flight took off from Frankfurt, Germany, for Dulles International Airport, data on passengers and cargo were sent via satellite to Government officials at Dulles so they could process the data in advance of the plane's arrival. Officials in Frankfurt relayed facsimiles of the cargo manifest, health certificates, and Customs declaration forms of the 120 passengers. (NYT, 9/7/67)
NASA Nike-Apache sounding rocket, launched from Puerto Rico in Univ. of Illinois experiment to probe lower regions of ionosphere up to about 125 mi (200 km), achieved satisfactory results. In first of three such rocket flights, measurements were made simultaneously with those of Observatory's giant radar-radio telescope, 30 mi port launch site. World's largest radar-radio telescope took ionospheric readings, using its 1,000-ft-dia wire mesh reflector. (NASA Proj Off; NASA Release 67-230; WS Release 67-28)
Army contract awards to the Western Electric Company, totaling $231.4 million, for Nike-X work had been announced. Specific totals and contract purposes: $215.2 million for continued R&D; $13.2 million for deployment planning activities; and $3.0 million for support facilities. (DOD Release 837-67)
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