Jul 19 1972
From The Space Library
U.S.S.R. launched Cosmos 503 from Plesetsk into orbit with 308-km (191.4-mi) apogee, 170-km (105.6-mi) perigee, 89.2-min period, and 65.4° inclination. Satellite reentered Aug. 1. (GSFC SSR, 7/31/72; 8/31/72; SBD, 7/21/72, 104)
NASA announced Marshall Space Flight Center award of contracts and fund transfers totaling more than $49 million for scientific experiments for first High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAD), scheduled for launch in 1975. Receiving awards were Columbia Univ., $8 929 059; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, two awards of $7 821 720 and $5 357 245; Univ. of California at San Diego, $5 150 000; California Institute of Technology, Washington Univ. of St. Louis, and Univ. of Minnesota, $6 198 683 for joint experiment; Naval Research Laboratory, $7 919 000; and Goddard Space Flight Center, $8 250 000. (NASA Release 72- 145)
Univ. of Tokyo Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science announced plans to launch radio explorer satellite from Kagoshima Prefecture Aug. 16. The 75-kg (165-lb) satellite, 68 cm (2 ft) long, would be boosted by Mu-4S launch vehicle into elliptical orbit, where it would study cosmic radiation. (Kyodo, FBIS-Japan, 7/20/72, C7; SBD, 7/21/72, 101)
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