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... Spacecraft Name = '''''Westar 6'''''
Image = Image:Westar_6_STS-51-A.jpg 200px Organization = Unknown (United States) Major_Contractors = Mission_Type = Communications Satellite_Of = Launch = Start date 1984 2 3 Launch_Vehicle ... Telecommunications Information = http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/datasetSearch.do?spacecraft=Westar%206 Here Data Collection = Carrier_Rocket = Space Shuttle Westar 6 was a domestic communications satellite deployed by the STS 41 ...

... a spaceflight; and Dr. Ronald McNair , a physicist. Seven hours after launch, the astronauts pushed Westar VI, Western Union's $30 million satellite, out of the cargo bay to join two ... , went into a useless orbit, believed to be caused by the same technical problem that Westar VI suffered. The NAADC located Palapa-B2 about seven hours after its ejection from the ... 1984 January February 1984 February Feb 1 1984 1 Feb 2 1984 2 Feb 3 1984 3 Feb 4 1984 4 Feb 5 1984 5 Feb 6 1984 6 Feb 7 1984 ...

Image:Westar4.jpg 200px Westar 4 satellite Category:Spacecraft

... for additional tests to determine possible causes of the variation. ''(NASA Note to Editors, 5/3/73)'' Dr. James C. Fletcher , NASA Administrator, issued a memorandum stating that private communications with ... companies of intent to order $3 million worth of communications satellite transmission services. Identification would be withheld until all applications had been received. Western Union's WESTAR satellite system was the first ...

... a seventh, using technology developed for the FltSatCom spacecraft and hardware used in WU's Westar domestic comsats; Harris Electronics would build the White Sands station and provide antenna components. Missions ... as Space Shuttle , Spacelab , and Shuttle-launched spacecraft scheduled for the 1980s. (Av Wk, Jan 3/77, 14; NASA Release 76-213) Seven European nations planning to use data from ...

... colleagues on the subcommittee have told me they know nothing about the A-11. . . ." ''(CR, 3/3/64,4006-07)'' Sen. William Proxmire (D.-Wis.) inserted into the Congressional Record an editorial ... could well make for speedier progress in the end-not to mention sounder investments." ''(CR, 3/3/ 64, 4067)'' Spokesman for Maser Optics, Inc., said "laser rifle" had been delivered to Army ... Release 64-19)'' March 1964 March Mar 1 1964 1 Mar 2 1964 2 Mar 3 1964 3 Mar 4 1964 4 Mar 5 1964 5 Mar 6 1964 6 Mar 7 ...

... lifting 240,000 lbs. from the earth and orbiting 90,000 lbs. ''(Kansas City Times, 3/3/65)'' Gen. Bernard A. Schriever (USAF), addressing American Management Assn. conference in New York City ... Atlas booster. ''(2) continue Asset experiments to test vehicles entering atmosphere at very high speeds. ''(3) study effects of vehicles passing through atmosphere at slower speeds, and (41 relate to allied ...

... bill, he would have to give up his military status and retirement benefits. ''(CR, 6/3/65, 11961; AP, Wash. Eve. Star, 6/4/65)'' American Telephone and Telegraph Co, made ... TV service to and from Europe in ventures with various European communications carriers. ''(WSJ, 6/3/65, 4)'' In an article suggesting the possibility of catastrophe during the Gemini GT-4 ... responsibility be fixed: As pilot error . , or politician's error?" ''(Hines, Wash, Eve, Star, 6/3/65)'' Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. was awarded a $10,789,000 increment to an ...

... , Initial orbital data: apogee, 300 km. (187 mi.); perigee, 184 km. (114 mi,) ; period, 89.3 min,; inclination to the equator, 51.8°. Tass said the unmanned satellite would gather data ... ) first extensive use of multi-engine power plants and liquid hydrogen fuel for upper stages; (3) advances in the fields of rocket guidance and instrumentation; (4) expansion of facilities and development ... Saturn launch September 18, 1964, orbiting a 39,200-lb, payload. ''(Ward, Huntsville Times, 8/3/65)'' House Committee on Science and Astronautics began hearings on H.R. 2626, a bill ...

... painlessly introduced into dog’s aorta through tube and cuffs with built-in sensors. ‘‘(Tass, 3/3/66)’’ NASA Aerobee 150A launched from NASA Wallops Station carried AFCRL instrumented payload to 136 ... basis for determining industry’s share of development costs when commercial product was realized. ‘‘(CR, 3/3/66, 4640)’’ US. plan for halting spread of nuclear weapons was unacceptable to U.S ...

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