Mar 6 1969
From The Space Library
Cosmos CCLXX was launched from Plesetsk by U.S.S.R. into orbit with 330-km (205.01-mi) apogee, 200-km (124.3-mi) perigee, 89.8-min period, and 65.4° inclination. Satellite reentered March 14. (GSFC SSR, 3/15/69; SBD, 3/7/69, 30; UPI, W Star, 3/6/69)
Aerobee 150 MI sounding rocket launched by NASA from WSMR carried Columbia Univ. payload to 99.6-mi (160-km) altitude to study polarization of x-rays from Crab Nebula in 10- to 25-key energy region, using x-ray polarimeter with lithium scattering blocks and gas proportional counters. All systems were perfect; good data were obtained. (NASA Rpt SRL)
Members of Subcommittee on Manned Space Flight of House Committee on Science and Astronautics visited MSFC for inspection tour and hearings. Chairman Olin E. Teague (D-Tex.) was ranking Representative. (MSFC Release 69-72)
MSFC announced it had awarded $1,954,999 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract to IBM Federal Systems Div; for designing, developing, and building five general-purpose digital computers for Apollo Telescope Mount project. (MSFC Release 69-71)
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