Oct 20 1973
From The Space Library
The U.S.S.R. launched Cosmos 602 from Plesetsk into orbit with a 332-km (206.3-mi) apogee, 207-km (128.6-mi) perigee, 90.0-min period, and 72.9° inclination. The satellite reentered Oct. 29, be-lieved by Western observers to be sixth in a series of reconnaissance spacecraft monitoring the Arab-Israeli war [see Oct, 15]. (GSFC SSR, 10/31/73; SBD, 10/24/73, 266)
Skylab 4 crewmen Gerald P. Carr, Dr. Edward G. Gibson, and William R. Pogue began a 21-day prelaunch isolation period geared to a possible Nov. 10 launch. The astronauts would crew the Skylab 1 Orbital Work-shop (launched May 14) in the third and final manned Skylab mission. The isolation would minimize the exposure of the crew to infectious disease. (NASA Release 73-220)
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