Nov 3 1961
From The Space Library
NASA announced start of a nationwide recruiting drive for 2.000 talented scientists and engineers.
Nine-nation Western European Conference in London announced decision to launch a satellite in mid-1965, using a British Blue Streak first stage, a French Veronique second stage, and a West German third stage, from the Woomera range in Australia.
Lincoln Laboratory of MIT reported that examination of telemetry from Midas IV indicated that Project West Ford package of dipoles had been ejected at the expected time and the proper speed. No evidence was available as to whether the dipoles had been released, and no radar reading had been obtained.
Three Polaris A-2 missiles successfully fired within 3-hour period from submarine Ethan Allen.
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