Oct 23 1970
From The Space Library
Space News for this day. (1MB PDF)
USAF launched unidentified satellite by Titan IIIB-Agena booster into orbit' with 399.1-km (248-mi) apogee, 130.4-km (81-mi) perigee, 89.8-min period, and 111° inclination. Satellite reentered Nov. 11. (Pres Rpt 71; GSFC SSR, 10/31/70;11/30/70)
U.S.S.R. launched Cosmos CCCLXXIV from Baikonur into orbit with 2140-km (1329.7-mi) apogee, 321-km (323.7-mi) perigee, 112.2min period, and 62.9° inclination. Close approach was made same day to Cosmos CCCLXXIII (launched Oct. 20), Spaceflight magazine reported, and 15 fragments were cataloged to Dec. 11. (GSFC SSR, 10/31/70; 12/31/70; SF, 4/71;138-9)
Twenty-fifth Anniversary Session of U.N. General Assembly. President Nixon paid tribute to U.S. founders and called on all nations to strive for peace: "Across this planet let us attack the ills that threat en peace. In the untapped oceans of water and space, let us harvest in peace." (PD, 10/26/70,1434-40)
Moon had been formed as separate planet outside earth orbit and was later captured by earth according to calculations published by Interior Dept. scientist S. Fred Singer and Univ. of Hawaii astronomer L. W. Bandermann in Science. Depletion of volatile substances, which were of lower abundance in lunar surface rocks than in terrestrial rocks, had been explained by late accretion of volatile materials from solar nebula with falling temperature. Scientists had concluded moon had accumulated not in earth orbit but as separate planet. (Science, 10/23/70, 438-9)
FAA extended until Oct. 25, 1971, flight quota rule at four Washington, Chicago, and New York high-density airports and suspended quota for Newark Airport, N.J. Helicopters, previously included in quotas, were exempted, since their operation had had insignificant impact on operation of fixed-wing aircraft. Rule, in effect since June 1, 1969, would have expired Oct. 25. (FAA Release 70-92)
U.S. had already trained 1000 sky marshals to apprehend would-be hijackers on domestic and international flights and expected to have 300 more' by Oct. 31, Baltimore Sun said. DOT spokesman had said about 54 marshals a day were being turned out after training at Fort Dix, N.J. Eventually, Government hoped to establish 2500-man force hired from outside Government agencies and armed forces. (Sehlstedt, B Sun, 10/23/70, A7)
Lockheed Aircraft Corp. had settled dispute with DOD over SRAM (short-range attack missile) motor subcontract for $20 million, Wall Street Journal reported. In one of four disputes with DOD, Lockheed had originally asked $54.3 million. Settlement resolved legal issues on SRAM subcontract held by Lockheed Propulsion Co. with Boeing Co. Still to be settled were Lockheed disputes with DOD over C-5A transport, AH-56A Cheyenne helicopter, and USN ship-building contracts. (WSJ, 10/23/70, 5)
Appointment of Dr. Edward E. David, Jr.; as OST Director and presidential science adviser had evoked surprise, D. S. Greenberg said in Science, because "unlike his five predecessors" be was not "member or protege of the fairly small group that had dominated the upper levels of government science since Sputnik." Dr. David had been picked by members of President Nixon's personal staff without consultation with the then-incumbent, Lee A. DuBridge." There had been "no inclination to ask the White House science advisory apparatus to assist in finding a successor when it was time for Dr. DuBridge to go." (Science, 10/23/70, 417-19)
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