DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIAL VEHICLES

STABILIZED SATELLITES

APPLICATIONS

REENTRY

RENDEZVOUS

BIOLOGICAL AND SUBSYSTEM EXPERIMENTS

METEOROLOGICAL, GEOPHYSICAL AND ASTRONOMICAL STUDIES

TYPES

GREAT PRECISION REQUIRED

SMALL (100-300 LB)- IMMEDIATE DEVELOPMENT

SMALL EXPERIMENTS

PROTOTYPE STUDIES

LARGE PLATFORM (>2000 LB)

FULL SCALE EXPERIMENTS (I.E.TELESCOPIC)
EXTEND SUPPORT OF COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT

METEOROLOGICAL PROGRAM

PURPOSE:

TO UNDERSTAND AND PREDICT THE WORLDS WEATHER
FOR SCIENTIFIC, CIVILIAN AND MILITARY BENEFIT.

MEASUREMENTS:

CLOUD COVER, DEFINITION, LAYERS AND THICKNESS.
WIND DIRECTION AND VELOCITY.

MOISTURE AND OZONE CONTENT.

SPECTRA OF REFLECTED AND ABSORBED RADIATION.

SUPPORT:

CLOUD COVER BY TELEVISION

EXTENSIONS OF IGY CLOUD COVER EXPERIMENT USING

PHOTOCELLS IN VARIOUS IR RANGE.

EXTENSIONS OF IGY HEAT BALANCE EXPERIMENTS.

EXTENSIONS OF TELEVISION EXPERIMENTS TO IR RANGE AND
VARIOUS LENS SYSTEMS.

COMPLETE SYSTEM OF 117W TYPE-IMPROVED RECEIVERS

WORLD SERVICE.

COMMUNICATIONS

SATELLITES

100-FOOT SPHERICAL REFLECTOR

PROCURE AND PREPARE REFLECTOR AND LAUNCHING
VEHICLE. PROBABLE LAUNCHING-LATE IN FY. 1959
OR EARLY F.Y. 1960

FEASIBILITY AND DESIGN STUDIES OF OTHER REFLECTORS

FEASIBILITY AND DESIGN STUDIES OF ACTIVE REPEATERS

1. REAL TIME

2. STORAGE

3. 22,000-MILE ORBIT

SURVEY AND ANALYZE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
NEED FOR COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS

BUDGET FOR RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT ON ADVANCED COMPONENTS & TECHNIQUES