Oct 13 1966
From The Space Library
U. S. and Brazil would cooperate in sounding rocket program to study total solar eclipse in South America Nov. 12. Nineteen sounding rockets would be launched to altitudes as high as 175 mi. (280 km.) from Rio Grande launch site located near path of total eclipse. Program was based on July 1965 agreement between NASA and Brazilian Space Commission (CNAE) . (Wallops Release 66-51)
Washington Post commented on report of satellite collision made by Dr. Hilliard Paige at IAF Congress in Madrid: "Belated disclosure that two Air Force space vehicles collided in space in April, 1965, ought to remind the country that part of its space program is being carried on behind a cloak of secrecy as absolute as that which conceals space operations in the Soviet Union. The open policy of NASA, which has done so much to keep the whole nation interested in and excited about space progress, is in sharp contrast to the policy of the Air Force. . . ." [Ed. note: Satellites were USN, not USAF.] (Wash. Post, 10/13/66, A22)
Western Union International, Inc., announced receipt of DOD order for 10 Pacific satellite communications channels, permitting company to file with FCC for rate reductions on all its cable and satellite service in the Pacific area. Order and rate reductions were dependent on FCC's approving Western Union's previously announced request to lease and operate up to 65 satellite channels in the Pacific area. (DJNS, Wash. Eve. Star, 10/13/66, A13)
October 13-14: Use of satellite navigation and communications system to guide merchant ships was urged by General Electric Co. engineer Roy E. Anderson at Institute of Navigation meeting at U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y. Ships could be equipped for $2,000 to automatically obtain position fixes anywhere in the world, Anderson estimated. He believed operational system could be designed and built within two years. (NYT, 10/17/66, 60)
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