Sep 18 1965
From The Space Library
U.S.S.R. launched COSMOS LXXXVI, LXXXVII, LXXXVIII, LXXXIX, and XC artificial earth satellites with a single booster. Orbital parameters: apogee, 1,609 km. (999.3 mi,); perigee, 1,380 km. (857 mi,) ; period, 116.7 min,; inclination, 57°. An electrical pack operating on energy released by a radioactive isotope was onboard power system on one of the satellites, Instruments were functioning normally. (Krasnaya Zvezda, 9/21/65, 1, ATSS-T Trans,)
First cooperative sounding rocket experiment sponsored by NASA and the Netherlands Organization for the Advancement of Pure Research (ZWO) was successfully conducted by Dutch scientists at Coronie, Surinam, Object of the experiment was to measure winds in the equatorial upper atmosphere by releasing a cloud of sodium vapor to be illuminated by the sun and tracked. Launching, using a Nike-Apache rocket, was first of four to be conducted under a memorandum of understanding signed in June 1964. The three subsequent launches were successfully conducted Sept. 21, Sept, 24, and Sept. 27. Dutch launch team had trained at Wallops Station, Va, earlier this year. (NASA Release 65-299; NASA Rpts. sm.)
Astronauts Leroy Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad, Jr., arrived in Izmir, Turkey, Only about 5,000 of the city's 750,000 residents turned out to watch their motorcade drive the 15 mi. into Izmir from the NATO air base at Cigli, Spokesman for the Turkish Foreign Office said the visit was an "unofficial culture visit," and the governors of three cities on the astronauts' itinerary were instructed not to welcome the party. Coolness was attributed to U.S. stand on Cyprus in 1964. ( Wash, Post, 9/19/65)
Defense Communications Agency and the U.S. Army had announced that site preparation had begun at Helemano, 20 mi, north of Honolulu on Oahu Island, for installation of the first earth terminal of a planned worldwide military experimental satellite communication system, Southwest Constructors had been awarded the contract for construction expected to begin in mid-October. (J/Armed Forces, 9/18/65, 16)
In a farewell speech at a dinner meeting of the Air Force Association in Washington, D.C, Secretary of the Air Force Eugene M. Zuckert said that in contrast to five years ago, the Air Force today was better. He predicted it would continue to improve: "We have not reached a plateau in technology, strategy, concepts, or doctrine. All kinds of changes will continue-in both hardware and ideas." (AP, Balt, Sun, 9/18/65, 5)
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