Sep 5 1968
From The Space Library
Cosmos CCXXXIX was launched by U.S.S.R. into orbit with 262-km (162.8-mi) apogee, 198-km (123-mi) perigee, 89.1-min period, and 51.8° inclination. Satellite reentered Sept. 13. (GSFC SSR, 9/15/68)
Washington Daily News story by London Express Service said scientists "have told the military that a new infra-red sensing device tested in a secret American reconnaissance satellite may be able, from space, to detect the elusive submarines as they lurk under water. And the invention is said to work whether the quarry is moving, hovering in mid-water, or even lying silently on the bottom. . . . More tests are to be made. But it . . . seems fairly certain that the system will be put into full operation soon." (W News, 9/5/68, 6)
USAF announced Aug. 25 discovery of new F-111A problem during fatigue test at General Dynamics-Convair plant, San Diego, Calif., would extend restrictions on aircraft. Problem was failure of steel fitting on which swing-wings pivoted. Technical officers believed crack in metal plate was caused by faulty bolt hole rather than serious design deficiency. DOD said it would take 10 to 14 days to complete analysis. (Aero Daily, 9/6/68; W Post, 9/6/68, 1; AP. W Star, 9/6/68, C5; Sehlstedt, B Sun, 9/7/68, A7)
President Johnson issued Executive Order 11428 terminating President's Advisory Committee on Supersonic Transport, which had been established April 1, 1964. (PD, 9/9/68, 1309)
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