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Image:NATO_III.jpg 200px NATO-IIIA satellite Category:Spacecraft

... launched Nato IIA and IIB in March 1970 and February 1971, respectively; Nato IIIA in April 1976; and Nato IIIB in January 1977. NATO-IIIC would provide in-orbit backup to Nato IIIA and IIIB in the NATO Integrated Communications System (NICE). At a geosynchronous orbital altitude of 35 900km (22 300mi), NATO-IIIC ...

Nato IIIA, first in a series of NATO-USAF military comsats, was launched from Eastern Test Range at 3:46 pm EST (1046 ... telex messages among military ground stations; a NATO IIIB spacecraft was scheduled for launch later in 1976 into geosynchronous orbit above the Indian Ocean. Nato IIIA, weighing 310 kg in orbit and designed ...

... , Science, 3/20/70, 1601-3)'' March 20-25: North Atlantic Treaty Organization's NATO I (NATO-A) military comsat was successfully launched from Eastern Test Range ETR at 6;52 pm ... longitude June 10. All systems had operated normally since March 25 turn-on. NATO I was first of two NATO military comsats scheduled to be launched into orbit over Atlantic under DOD ... were performed from USAF satellite control facility. Control of orbital operations would be transferred to NATO after spacecraft reached station. ''(NASA Proj Off; SBD, 3/24/70, 111)'' March 1970 March ...

... at 26° west longitude in late March. Natosat 2 was second of two NATO comsats launched under DOD-NATO agreement. USAF managed project for DOD and would reimburse NASA for launch services ... were performed from USAF satellite control facility. Control of orbital operations would be transferred to NATO after spacecraft reached station. ''(NASA Proj Off)'' February 2: President Nixon sent message to Congress ...

... first launch of 1977. The three spacecraft in the Phase III series, funded entirely by NATO, were built by Ford Aerospace; the third would be launched in 1978. The Delta rocket provided by Goddard Space Flight Center that would put NATO III-B in orbit had successfully launched three previous NATO satellites: Nato II-A and -B, in March 1970 and Feb. 1971, and Nato III-A in April 1976. (NASA Release 77-5) Rockwell ...

... of 150 Minuteman missile sites in the UPS. was included in report of committee on NATO nuclear force to Assembly of the Western. European Union. The report, which strongly supported U ... have "considerable political significance in dem­onstrating-to Americans as well as to Europeans-full NATO participation in the strategic deterrent based on the American Continent, which hitherto has been a ...

... a possibility of going up to 1,200 aircraft by 1990." ''(Transcript, 41, 294, 942)'' NATO had begun to modernize its communications network by using comsats, Clyde H. Farnsworth reported in ... Project ( Initial Defense Communications Satellite Program IDCSP ) satellites. US., which had proposed the NATO project, was permitting NATO to use the Initial Defense Communications Satellite Program IDCSP satellites temporarily. Following approval of ...

... preliminary apogee, 35 777km perigee, 1436.2min period, and 2.6° orbital inclination. The cylindrical Nato IIIB spacecraft had a covering of solar cells for power generation and was gyrostabilized, providing ... had funded three Phase III comsats built by Ford Aerospace to replace the Nato II satellites in the NATO integrated communications systems. (NASA Release 77-5; Spacewarn SPX-280; Sf Satellite Digest ...

... (AWACS) was deployed to Europe for a series of exercises with North Atlantic Treaty Alliance (NATO) ground, air, and sea forces. The Air Force was developing AWACS as an airborne surveillance ... . air defense ground environment system and with Hawk defense missile batteries. NATO Hq in Brussels would provide ground static displays for NATO officials. During all exercises AWACS would coordinate with ground, sea ...

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