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USAF launched unidentified satellite from Vandenberg AFB using III-B-Agena D booster. Satellite entered orbit with 262-mi ''(421.6-km)'' apogee, 79-mi ''(127.1-km)'' ... /68; SBD, 4/18/68, 275; GSFC SSR, 4/30/68)'' NASA Marc 42A2 Arcas booster launched from NASA Wallops Station car­ried GSFC payload to 4.8-mi ''(7.8-km)'' altitude in ballistic performance evaluation test. Booster and instruments performed satisfactorily; bal­listic parameters agreed closely with predictions. ''(NASA Rpt SRL)'' Charles ...

... Ms IV ''(ATS-D)'' ''(Applications Technology Satel­lite)'' was launched from ETR by Atlas-Centaur booster on mission to evaluate gravity-gradient system for spacecraft stabilization in syn­chronous orbit and ... ''(launched Nov. 5, 1967)'' , last ATS spacecraft scheduled to be launched by Atlas-Agena D booster, had operated successfully and transmitted color photos of earth. ATS program was managed by GSFC ...

... systems in Titan II launch vehicle and ground checkout equipment at Cape Kennedy, where the booster rocket was being prepared for launching of unmanned Gemini spacecraft ( GT-2 ). NASA spokesman said ... possible use of air-cushion vehicles (similar to "hovercraft") for transporting heavy missiles and space boosters over land, and scientists from Republic Aviation Corp. were planning presentation to USAF on this ...

... Johnson, in impromptu visit to John F. Kennedy Space Center , inspected Saturn SA-7 space booster being prepared for launch and space probes being checked out for interplanetary flights, received briefing ... this program has enabled the United States to challenge the early Soviet challenge in space booster power and to effectively counter the Soviet bid for recognition as the world's leading ...

... power capable of placing 800,000 lbs. in earth orbit. Reusable booster would be fueled in orbit ''(by other reusable boosters making 10 trips)'' before sending spacecraft into Mars trajectory. ''(J/Armed ...

... space. ''(Sullivan, NYT, 1/9/65)'' Application for patents on a recoverable single-stage spacecraft booster was filed with the U.S. Patent Office by NASA Marshall Space Flight Center . Invented ... Bono, a space engineer at Douglas Missile and Space Systems Div., the booster was called Rombus (Reusable Orbital Module-Booster and Utility Shuttle) and would have the capability of placing approximately 1 ...

... research on reentry and recovery of spacecraft; (3) continued development of the Titan III space booster; (4) development of the Defense Communications Satellite System. Two thirds of AEC'S budget request ... Analysis Vehicles (Geav). According to Air Force Central Inertial Guidance Test Facility (CIGTF) surplus Minuteman boosters could be the cheapest means to evaluate future inertial guidance systems in a true missile ...

... . The results indicate that any economies that might be realized by increased quantity production of boosters would be lost through cost of adapting specific mission spacecraft to a new vehicle where ... to do so for some time to come. However, a wider variety of first-stage boosters and upper stages is required by NASA space missions than by those of the DOD ... program. However, we are presenting to the Congress, in our budgets each year, the specific booster needs we have over and above those which can be met by DOD-developed systems ...

... under 90,000 lbs. goal and there was room for additional growth since Saturn V booster had increased estimated payload capability to 95,000 lbs. Weight of Lunar Excursion Module LEM ... . Morse said that since there were no indications that the Russians were building a bigger booster for their lunar program, they might be planning to use a libration orbit to reach ... /65)'' France announced successful launching in the Sahara of the Emeraude stage of the Diamant booster. ''(M&R, 3/15/65, 111 March 8-9: President Johnson's proposal to cut ...

... had traveled more than 178,000,000 mi. ''(NASA Release 65-90)'' First Saturn IB booster, the S-IB-1, was placed into a static test stand at NASA Marshall Space ... static firings. Built by Chrysler Corp, the 1.6 million-lb.-thrust, 90,000-lb. booster contained eight engines, was 21 ft. in dia. and 80 ft. long. The stage would ... this size fairing the technical problems associated with adaptation of the Centaur to this new booster are significantly reduced and the diameter required for all of the Voyager missions is obtained ...

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