Dec 26 1965
From The Space Library
Planning Research Corp, of Los Angeles received a one-year, $48,229 contract from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to conduct an independent reliability assessment of the Radio Astronomy Explorer satellite. (Wash, Eve, Star, 12/26/65, D6)
Ocean data station buoy Bravo was being used by USN to study influence of the moon's tidal pull on the Gulf Stream near Hollywood, Ha., according to General Dynamics Corp, developer of the buoy. The round steel hull, 40 ft, in diameter, was equipped with instruments and a 40-ft. mast that collected information on wave heights and velocity of the stream and transmitted it to a data center on shore. (NYT, 12/26/65,10E)
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