TUESDAY. APRIL
14, 1959
Disco
Mak:
erer Satellite
s Polar Orbit
VANDENB
ca's second Disc i
orbit yesterday,
catch in which i
cone from the a
Two hours
.11G AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (/P)—Ameri
• verer satellite roared southward into polar
setting the stage for a gigantic game of aerial
:lanes may try to snatch its parachuting nose
r.
after the launch an Advanced Research
Projects Agency
tracking stations
wail and at this
ale base had estabi
covered II is in o
pokesman said
in Alaska, Ha
est Coast rnis
-1 fished that Dis
bit.
satellite is
he earth in a
orbit every 94
igh point it is
.h, at its closest
The 1600-poun' l
whirling around
nearly north-sout
minutes. At its
445 miles from ear l
158.
William H. Go4:el, director of
planning for ARP , said the orbit
would allow the satellite a life
expectancy of abtut 30 days.
Within 12 hours, he said, they
will be able to determine if the
orbit meets requirements for an
attempt to recover the satellite's
instrumented nose cone.
If all goes welly the nose cone
will be ejected, today or later,
over the Pacific near Hawaii.
There Cll9 Flying Boxcars, trail
ing trapeze-like devices, hope to
Twin Vanguard Shot Fails
WASHINGTON UP) An at
tempt to put two Vanguard satel
lites into orbit on a single launch
ing vehicle failed at Cape Canav
eral, Fla., last night when the
second stage did not ignite.
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eddy leich and hi.i ache3tra
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snag the capsule's parachute in
the air.
Before the launch one expert
guessed the chances of recovery
at 1 in 1000.
Such capsules, In the future
shots of the Discoverer satellite
series, will contain' ice and mon
keys.
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