Apr 9 1980
From The Space Library
The Soviet Union launched Soyuz 35 [see During April; Appendix A].
Aerospace Daily carried a chart showing Carter administration cuts in federal R&D funding for FY80 and FY81. The DOD would absorb 21 % of all cuts but would retain 46.6% of the remaining federal R&D funds. NASA would take 20.8% of the cuts and get 15.4% of the revised total. The cuts would have a bigger impact at NASA (3.9% of the agency's budget) than at DOD (1.3%), the report pointed out. (AID, Apr 9/80, 222)
INTELSAT announced that it had awarded Ohio State University a $150,000 contract for a rain measurement study that might improve satellite transmission quality in regions with heavy rain. Satellite signals above the 10-GHz frequency would be weakened when sent through rain; the study would help INTELSAT determine how much extra power a satellite would need to compensate for rain effects. Having two stations a few miles apart in heavy-rainfall areas would permit use of the station with better weather during stormy times. The study would send radar signals into rainclouds and measure the return signal to find the rain's effect on signal strength. (INTELSAT Release 80-07-1)
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