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311 national August 1963 This experimental docking simulator has been built at General Electric's Valley Forge Space Technology Center. Left, the spacecraft; right, the "astronaut" views the docking target through the spacecraft windscreen also desirable to exchange scientific literature and data for research purposes, and to organize co-operative symposia. C. Exchange of Conventional Meteorological Data The establishment of a facsimile quality communications link between Washington and Moscow for the exchange of satellite data provides an opportunity, when it is not being used for the transmission of satellite data, for the exchange of related data obtained by conven tional means of observations, and related maps, which will allow for improved correlation between satellite and conventional observations. Each country will indicate which of these data, available in the other, it wishes to receive and determine the priority of transmission. Some details of the exchange of the conventional data are given in an appendix and others are expected to be clarified, as they arise, by an appropriate working group. D. Establishment of Communication Link With the under standing that the regular exchange of meteorological data obtained from meteorological satellites will commence in the beginning of the second h*lf of 1964, NASA and the Academy of Sciences of the USSR consider it desirable, in the beginning of the first half of 1964, to start the occasional exchange of conventional meteorological data and experimental satellite data and for this purpose to establish the communication link between Moscow and Washington provided in the agreement of June 8, 1962. 1. Characteristics of the communication link. The communi cation link shall be arranged on a four-wire basis, for full-time use, allowing simultaneous transmission of facsimile telegraphy infor mation in both directions. Technical parameters of the communi cation link shall conform to the CCITT series T recommendations. The link shall be equipped for non-simultaneous voice use to allow technical and meteorological co-ordination as necessary. 2. Characteristics of terminal equipment. Terminal equipment used for transmission of weather maps and charts shall conform with WMO recommendation 10.6.17/1, "Standardization of International Meteorological Transmissions by Facsimile— Equipment Characteristics." The preferred index of co-operation will be 576. The drum speed shall be 60,90 or 120 r.p.m., depending upon the results of the technical tests. Additional requirements for the terminal equipment for trans mitting information obtained from meteorological satellites shall be determined during 1963. Each party shall provide and operate its own terminal equipment. 3. Routeing of communication link. The circuit for the link shall be routed Washington - New York - London or Paris - Berlin - Poland - Moscow, assuming first that adequate facilities (circuits) are available over this route and second that tests prove this routeing to be technically acceptable to both NASA and the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Technical arrangements for those sections of the link from Washington to Berlin shall be made by NASA. Technical arrangements for those sections of the link from Berlin to Moscow shall be made by the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Joint technical tests of the communication link along the selected route shall be conducted during January 1964, and after this the communication link will be put into regular operation. 4. Cost of the communication link. NASA and the Academy of Sciences of the USSR shall, within one month, agree upon a suitable mechanism for the handling of charges over the entire link in such a way as to provide for equal sharing of cost of the whole line by the two parties. 5. Reception of meteorological data by weather services of other countries. The desire of weather services of other countries to bridge the line on a receive-only basis in order to obtain meteoro logical data for their own use will be welcomed with the condition that each such weather service will make a proportional contribu tion to the total expenses of the communication link. 6. Co-ordination. NASA and the Academy of Sciences of the USSR shall, within 60 days, designate representatives for continuing direct technical co-ordination of details concerning this link. E. Co-ordinated Launchings of Weather Satellites The Bilateral Space Agreement of June 8, 1962 provided, among other things, for the co-ordinated launching of operational weather satellites. It is considered desirable to initiate co-ordinated launchings of weather satellites towards the end of the experimental period in order to gain experience with such co-ordination and to provide for more frequent receipt and exchange of data of both experimental and operational value. The Academy of Sciences of the USSR and NASA therefore agree to convene a suitable joint working group by the end of 1963, so that arrangements may be made, consistent with the provisions of the June 8, 1962 agreement, for mutually agreeable launching schedules. Syncom Satellite on Station It was announced by NASA on August 15 that the final manoeuvre to bring the Syncom 2 satellite on station was completed early on that day. The satellite, located at 55° W, was said to be in definite synchronous orbit over Brazil and the South Atlantic Ocean. Preliminary data showed the satellite to be moving slightly east at 0.24° per day. Republic's ECOMS (Early Capability Orbital Manned Station) proposal would comprise a main laboratory module housing primary life-support and command-control systems, three gravity modules at ends of booms which would contain living and sleeping quarters for the four-man crew, and solar-cell paddles carrying attitude-control jets. Gemini or Apollo craft, or unmanned re-supply modules, might dock as shown
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