Sep 7 1963

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Second birthday of Michoud Operations, NASA facility in Louisiana used for fabrication of Saturn 1, Saturn IB; and Saturn V rocket stages. To date, NASA had awarded $739 million in contracts which will be carried out primarily at Michoud, and some $41 million had been spent on rehabilitation and modifica­tion of plant and construction of new facilities. More than 7,800 persons are now working at Michoud, most of them em­ployees of NASA contractors. (Marshall Star, 9/11/63, 1, 2)

French plans to orbit four-pound "Satmos" satellite in 1964 revealed by unnamed French Government officials. To be launched by Army's National Office of Space Research using four-stage Berenice rocket, satellite would provide data on re-entry from outer space. (UPI, NYT, 9/8/63,42; M&R, 9/16/63,12)

Cal Tech reported new study of meteorite records going back 260 years has been undertaken by geochemist Harrison Brown, who would use. electronic computers to man meteorite patterns. (A&AE, Nov.,1963,11)

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