May 6 1980
From The Space Library
NASA announced that a JPL scientist, Dr. Stephen P. Synnott of the Voyager optical navigation team, had discovered a 15th moon of Jupiter from Voyager 1 photos taken in March 1979. Checking March photos to confirm the discovery of another satellite (1979 J1) in October 1979 photos taken by Voyager 2, Synnott detected an unexplained shadow on the planet that, once recognized, was evident on seven earlier images. The new satellite, labeled 1979 J2, had a 16-hour orbit around Jupiter between moons Amalthea and Io; 1979 J1 had a 7-hour orbit. (NASA Release 80-61; JPL Release 930)
INTELSAT announced that Honduras had become its 104th member. In a ceremony at the U.S. State Department Roberto Nunez Montes, general manager of HONDUTEL (Empresa Hondurena de Telecomunicaciones) signed the operating agreement. Honduras already was a user of the INTELSAT system through ground stations in neighboring countries. (INTELSAT Release 80-09-1)
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