Jun 26 1967
From The Space Library
NASA's MARINER V spacecraft successfully completed two scheduled functions in preparation for Oct. 19 Venus flyby mission by switching its amplifiers to increase radio transmitting power and, 30 min later, turning off its battery charger on commands from Goldstone, Calif., Deep Space Network station. All systems onboard spacecraft, launched from ETR June 14, were continuing to operate satisfactorily. (NASA Release 67-165)
KSC awarded Federal Electric Corp. a one-year, cost-plus-award-fee contract containing provisions for four additional one-year renewals to provide operational communications and instrumentation support services at KSC. Estimated value for five-year period beginning July 1 was $85 million. Federal Electric would operate and maintain instrumentation for telemetry, tracking, instrument calibration, and computation equipment and would provide computer programming services. (NASA Release 67-167)
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