Jun 8 1965
From The Space Library
LUNA VI, 3,179-lb, instrumented moon probe, was successfully launched by U.S.S.R. with a multi-stage rocket into a parking orbit and then fired on a trajectory toward the moon. All onboard equipment was said to be functioning normally and the trip was scheduled to last about three and a half days, according to Tass announcement. (Tass, 6/8/65)
Snap-8, NASA-AEC experimental reactor, had run continuously at power for 209 days, thereby completing the longest known power operation of a nuclear reactor. Built by Atomics International Div. of North American Aviation, Inc., Snap-8 began power operation in November 1963, ran 91% of the total time available, and produced more than five million kw. hours of heat. It was operated in a shielded AEC test facility near Los Angeles. (Atomics International Release M-18)
Selection of Radiation, Inc, to negotiate a fixed-price contract for Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) Data Handling Equipment Systems was announced by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The proposed $1,700,000 contract would call for design, manufacture, and spare parts for 11 PCM systems. (GSFC Release 6/14/65)
ComSatCorp filed application with the FCC for licenses to operate commercially EARLY BIRD I and the ground station at Andover, Me. (ComSatCorp Release)
France announced it had successfully completed tests of its three-stage Diamant rocket scheduled to orbit a French satellite in 1966. (Reuters, Detroit News, 6/10/65; Reuters, NYT, 6/10/65)
Communist Hungary acquiesced to a U.S. State Dept, request and suspended a Budapest radio broadcast which could have interfered with base-to-ship communications during the GEMINI IV splashdown period. (Wash. Eve. Star, 6/8/65)
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