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... Release 63-221)'' Weather Bureau stopped its portion of the funding of the Nimbus meteorological satellite because the current Nimbus offers an operational lifetime of no more than one year. Weather Bureau ... . NASA said it would continue the development of the Nimbus R&D models. ''(NASA Release 63-220; Commerce Re­lease; Wash. Post,10/4/63, 2)'' An aircraft somewhat similar to the ... used "'black iron where there should have been stainless steel."' ''(Hines, Wash. Eve. Star, 10/4/63)'' Atlas F ICBM was launched by USAF from Vandenberg AFB , but blew up during ...

... first-year ice varied significantly within one freezing season. Even greater changes occurred around Antarctica. Nimbus 5 also was measuring daily rainfall distribution over the earth's oceans to indicate to ... on Earth and, no less important, encourage co-operation between nations." ''(C Sun-Times, 9/4/73)'' August 1973 August September 1973 September Sep 1 1973 1 Sep 2 1973 2 ...

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... ­launch test results and remaining work by top Skylab program officials. ''(NASA Release 73-67)'' Nimbus 5 (launched by NASA Dec. 11, 1972) was adjudged a success. It had satisfied the ... for 10 wks and demonstrating improved thermal mapping of the earth. Four of the six Nimbus 5 experiments were functioning normally at the end of the 10-wk period ending Feb ... was operating in a limited mode. The electri­cally scanning microwave radiometer had failed Jan. 4. ''(NASA prog off)'' The Apollo Honor Awards Ceremony at NASA Hq. celebrated the success of ...

... error and redesign of gyro mounting brackets to make improper installation im­possible. Repeat mission, Nimbus B2, would be launched in spring 1969 because of flight's importance to meteorological research ... spatial resolution and 10 times time resolution of in­strument on Oso IV. ''(Science, 10/4/68, 95-9)'' ComSatCorp, on behalf of INTELSAT, awarded Hughes Aircraft Co. $72- million contract ...

... potential for eliminating illiteracy from the face of the earth." Shuttle-launched advanced- version Nimbus satellites, combined with weather-modeling ground computers, would permit experiments in weather modification ... outer reaches of the universe, examining such phenomena as quasars and pulsars." ''(NYT, 12/4/72, 50)'' Term "post-Apollo" had "outlived its usefulness," Dr. James C. Fletcher , ...

... NASA and West German cooperative satellite to study the solar environment; GEOS-C Geodetic Explorer; Nimbus-F experimental weather satellite; San Marco C2, a NASA-Italian cooperative satellite; UK-5, a ... information on system operation before each major step in the shuttle flight tests. ''(JSC Roundup, 4 Jan 74)'' The North American Air Defense Command's count of objects in orbit around ... our rivals-the Russians, the Germans, the Japanese-are not to pass us." ''(B Sun, 4 Jan 74)'' January 1974 January Jan 1 1974 1 Jan 2 1974 2 Jan 3 ...

... 18 Nov. Data obtained from the launches had been compared with measurements received from the Nimbus 6 satellite passing over the Wallops facility. The Super-Loki single-stage rocket had carried ... well as all secondary objectives that were not time-dependent. (MOR E-641-75-02, 4 Dec 75) The Soviet Union had landed Arctic explorers on an ice floe 600 km ... station, larger than its predecessor, was expected to last longer. (Tass, in FBIS No. 240, 4 Dec 75) November 1975 November December 1975 December Dec 1 1975 1 Dec 2 1975 ...

4-5 May: The Lower Atmosphere Composition and Temperature Experiment (LACATE) balloon was launched at 12: ... Center project. An onboard 10-band infrared radiometer, being tested for use on the planned Nimbus-G satellite, measured vertical profiles of radiance emitted by the earth's atmospheric limb. The ... 1974 May May 1 1974 1 May 2 1974 2 May 3 1974 3 May 4 1974 4 May 5 1974 5 May 6 1974 6 May 7 1974 7 May 8 ...

... a further development of work done by the Coastal Zone Color Scanner, carried aboard the Nimbus-7 satellite. The interdisciplinary uses of data (oceanography, climatology) characterize NASA's Mission to Planet ... 1991 March Mar 1 1991 1 Mar 2 1991 2 Mar 3 1991 3 Mar 4 1991 4 Mar 5 1991 5 Mar 6 1991 6 Mar 7 1991 7 Mar 8 ...

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