Apr 4 1964
From The Space Library
U.S.S.R. announced routine launching of COSMOS XXVIII Initial orbital data: apogee, 395 km. (245 mi.) ; perigee, 209 km. (130 mi.); period, 9038 min.; and inclination, 65° to the equator. Scientific equipment onboard the satellite was "intended for the further exploration of outer space in accordance with the program announced by Tass March 16, 1962." In addition, the satellite contained radio transmitter and telemetering system. All instrumentation was functioning normally. (Tass, Krasnaya Zvezda, 4/5/64, 1, ATSS-T Trans.)
At 18 hours Moscow time ZOND I reached 837,000 km. (520,097 mi.) from the earth, Tass announced. At that time the probe was in the following position: right ascension, 5 hrs. and 56 min.; inclination, minus 4° 22 min. Experimentation With ZOND I continued. (Tass, Krasnaya Zvezda, 4/5/64, 1; ATSS-T Trans.)
Temporary injunction forbidding United Plant Guards Workers of America to picket at Cape Kennedy and Merritt Island was issued by U.S. District Judge George C. Young at request of the National Labor Relations Board. (UPI, Wash. Post, 4/5/64.)
Reporting its findings after series of hearings, Senate Subcommittee on Employment and Manpower forecast "a leveling off or actual decline" in the present $55 billion annual expenditure for weapons and space programs. Among the report's predictions: thousands of scientists and engineers may have to seek jobs outside the aerospace industry; thousands of skilled workers may have to learn now trades; at least 10 states should plan now for converting to non-government markets. Sen. Joseph S. Clark (D.-Pa.), subcommittee chairman, said studies showed that "nearly one-tenth of the Nation's work forces is employed in defense-related enterprise." (Haakinson, AP, Wash. Post, 4/5/64)
Industry sources revealed only one more Ranger lunar probe could be launched before NASA'S contract with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory expired in December. If Ranger VII failed, the sources said NASA might remove JPL from Cal Tech's management, might remove Director William H. Pickering from his post, and might hire a "hard-headed businessman" to manage the facility. (AP, Boston Globe, 4/6/64)
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