Jun 27 1972
From The Space Library
Eole transponder-radio receiver/transmitter developed for French-built weather satellite Eole (launched by NASA for France Aug. 16, 1971) had sailed on American yawl Foolscap during Newport Bermuda race, Goddard Space Flight Center announced. Objective was to test its potential for locating lifeboats by satellite. Transponder had sent position data to Eole as satellite passed 800 km (500 mi) over Foolscap. Information, transmitted to tracking station operated by French Center for Space Studies (cNES), was processed and teletyped to GSFC. Foolscap's up-to-date location was then plotted and sent on to U.S. Coast Guard in Miami, Florida, and race committee in Bermuda. Test, sponsored by GSFC engineers, had proved highly successful and indicated that small inexpensive transponders might be-come standard equipment on ship and aircraft lifeboats. (GSFC Release G 10-72; GSFC proj off)
NASA launched Aerobee 170 sounding rocket from White Sands Missile Range, N. Mex., carrying Univ. of Colorado solar physics experiment. Rocket and instrumentation performed satisfactorily. (SR list)
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