Apr 11 1969
From The Space Library
U.S.S.R. launched Molniya I-11 comsat to relay telephone and telegraph communications and TV broadcasts to "the far north," Siberia, Central Asia, and Far East. Orbital parameters: apogee, 39,595 km (24,603.2 mi) ; perigee, 483 km (300.1 mi) ; period, 712.1 min; and inclination, 64.9°. Equipment was functioning normally. (GSFC SSR, 4/15/69; SBD, 1/14/69, 204; AP, W Star, 4/11/69, Al)
Terms of Reference for joint NASA/DOD study of space transportation systems were approved by NASA Administrator, Dr. Thomas O. Paine, and Secretary of the Air Force, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr. Two-part study to assess practicality of common system would correlate needs of both agencies, assess technical feasibility of various systems, compare costs, assess economic sensibility of systems, and recommend concepts of space transportation system with rationale for each concept. Group would report to President's Space Task Committee June 15. (Terms of Reference)
U.K.'s Institute for Strategic Studies predicted U.S.S.R. would overtake U.S. in tom production by mid-1969 but U.S. would retain overall lead in nuclear weapons because of greater submarine and air forces. U.S. international role in 1970s could become smallest since pre-World War II. (UPI, W Star, 4/11/69, A12)
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