Nov 26 1991
From The Space Library
The media reported that the National Space Council decided that the new Landsat satellite to study environmental changes on Earth and military movements, Landsat VII, would be funded by NASA and the Defense Department. Landsat VII was to resemble Landsat VI , which was scheduled for launch in late 1992. NASA Administrator Richard Truly testified at a congressional hearing on the subject November 26. (WSJ, Nov 26/91; AP, Nov 26/91; W Times, Nov 27/91)
NASA announced that the first demonstration of digital radio broadcasting via satellite to a mobile vehicle would occur December 2-6 in Washington, D.C. The presentation represented a joint effort of NASA and the U.S. Information Agency's Voice of America. (NASA Release 91-196)
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