European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                6 the stars and set apis be fret Thrift u monday july Ujj of directing pm a 4 a f a of by Howard Benedict Cape Kennedy Fla. A the air Force is directing construction of the free world s largest communications satellite a two Story Tan payload designed As forerunner of a tactical communications system for military units in the Field ships and air Craft. The satellite is being built under contract by Hughes aircraft co., Culver City calif., for delivery to Cape Kennedy later this year. It Wail be launched Bya Titan 3c rocket toward a stationary orbit 22,300 Miles  air Force reported the satellite will weigh 1,600 Pound Sand have a communications capacity comparable to 10,000 two Way Telephone channels. This compares with 85 pounds for the Early Bird satellite which has 240 two Way channels. Col. Walter w. Sanders of the air Force systems come said the new satellite will havea Cluster of antennae which will radiate signals that can be picked up by All types of ground terminals including transportable antennae As Small As one foot in diameter. This Wakiw permit Small Afan units in the Field to communicate through the satellite wit each other and with their head quarters. Aircraft also could talk with one another and with ground Field units and Small patrol boats could Contact a larger ship or Shore base in any  a system also could Aid in search or Rescue operations. During Orbital t e s t s of the satellite two frequency bands win be used one is a Standar military Ultra High frequent by band used for air to grind communications the second is the super High frequency portion of the a band reserved for military communications. Sanders emphasized that the satellite id experimental. If it proves feasible three or fou  satellites placed in orbit above the Equator possibly could provide enough channels to link military command throughout the world by Vari Ous types of communication. They would replace the 0e-te n s e department s precut system of 25 smaller  satellites Eracli weigh la Ody w Mads the defense department i expected soon to s e e k Industry bids for the advanced operational satellites. The system if approved would Cost More than$100  of the operational units parked in stationary orbit would Nave antennae that would cover one third of the Earth s surface. They also would have narrow beam Steerable antennae that would concentrate on a smaller i each satellite could pro hundreds of channels Over i third of the Earth visible to Uthe movable antennae a would provide several hich Annels. These pay toads would be bum Lar to the advanced Intelsat 4 series now being considered for commercial use by the International Tele communications satellite consortium. The Steerable antennae would focus on High traffic areas  As Between the Eastern United states Aid Europe. Each satellite would have More than 5,000 channels that s the tune gis Are great " says pert Etty Jivat who sings nightly with Mickey s dance hand at the Garmisch recreation Center. The yugoslavian pop Singer 37-23-37 represented Germany at Athen s International Musk festival. A Lith chapter of Ausa is formed at Worms Worms Germany special the a Lith chapter of the association of the United states army Ausa was officially established Here by it. Gen. Charles. Dodge re Tausa executive  hereby declare the Worms chapter of toe association of the United states army in  said podge As be presented to charter to a col Raymond j. Baranouskas. Assistant Deputy chief of staff personnel com z. And Worms chapter first vice president. The presentation came during luncheon at the Worms no open mess where maj. Gen. Robert c. Kyser com z commanding general introduced Dodge to the local Ausa membership. In making his presentation remarks Dodge stressed the importance of local chapters i carrying out the Ausa program supporting the . Army an the National defense the work of the Ausa said the association s executive vice president is done in the Chap ters by the  through the chapters the grassroots level of the Assoc a Uon the meaning of the Arney miscarried to the Public he said Best controller., unit Are cited by arcs Scott fab i special the air Force communications service has named the approach control facility at Danang a base Vietnam As its air traffic control facility of the year it was announced at headquarter Shere. Arcs also chose m. S g  t. Scott at Shaw fab s.c., As its air traffic controller of the year. The 34-year-old, 18 year of Veteran chosen fro among More than 6,000 person Nel is chief controller of Theair traffic regulation Center at the 5th Mobile communication group s operating location a. The Danang facility compe Ting with some 200 bases world wide is operated by the 1972ndcommunications so commanded by it. Col. Richard d. Button lacs a global organization a More than 54,000 personnel pro Vides air base and Long haul communications air traffic control and air navigational Aid services for the air Force and other government and civilian organizations. Maj. Gen. Robert w. Paul son is commander. The Danang unit is responsible for air traffic in the largest airspace area in Vietnam an the base is rated As the busiest Airport in the  1967 count of f operation sat Danang was 714,380. Ajlen Hoa surpassed this figure with753,823. However the figures in 1968 have passed the Blen Hoa figures. O Hare International Airport at Chicago the busiest commercial air terminal in the United states handled 643,878operations in 1967. Danang air traffic controllers also handled approximately 1,720 aircraft emergencies in 1967. Be cause of its proximity to North Vietnam it is the prime recovery base and accommodates air Force Navy and Marine Corn  1967, air traffic con trollers of the 1972nd were credited with 22 aircraft saves file save certificates Are awarded by a special arcs Board which authenticates the reports that without the action of the control lers the aircraft would have been lost or seriously Dan aged. The 22 saves involved aircraft which carried 94 persons and Cost in excess of $42  s individual selection was based mainly on his performance in the development and Organiza Tion of the new air traffic regu lation Center at Shaw. The Cen ters Are primary agencies Orthe regulation of All air traffic in combat or tactical areas. 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