European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday november 6,1986 report says probe to View soviet Union Cape canaveral Fla. A an Mission scheduled Tor Laic this month an Industry Magazine reports. When fully deployed the spacecraft will have a Span As Large As 150 fed a aviation week and space technology re ported. It has the characteristics or an imaging radar or optical reconnaissance involving digital imaging or both. The radar transmission is designed to penetrate Cloud cover and would be valuable in Bolh Ocean and land sur the report is in the Magazine s nov. 7 Issue available Friday. The Atlantis and its five Man Crew will be flying the third classified de sense department shuttle Mission and the Pentagon and Nasa have cloaked Mast details about it in secrecy. Nasa processing director Conrad Nagel said the Agency was aiming for launch on nov. 28 or 29. Aviation week said the satellite will be launched into an orbit that will enable it to look Down on �0 percent of the soviet Union. At least three of the 27 earlier shuttle missions flew Over the same Sovil territory. The Magazine said the satellite will be dropped overboard from the cargo Bay by an astronaut using the Craft s 50-foot robot Arm. Two astronauts Are prepared to take a space walk in Case there is trouble deploying the satellite aviation week said estimates of the Cost of the satellite filled with advanced technology equipment Range As High As s500 million. Ii said the satellite could be retrieved by a shuttle Mission and re turned to Earth for improvements. Sources have told the associated press shut Atlantis would carry an intelligence gathering satellite that would help . Intelligence officials verify that the soviets were complying with arms control treaties. The sources also said the astronauts will conduct experiments aimed at Defi Ning Man s role As a military observer in space. The tests would involve coordination with troop and ship move ments and missile launching on Earth. The space shuttle program resumed sept. 29 with the launch of discovery he tint shuttle launched since the fatal explosion of the shuttle challenger in january 1986. During the hiatus the Pentagon re lied on conventional rockets to Send military payloads into space. Proxmire s moral filibuster succeeds Bill enforcing genocide treaty signed. Washington a president Reagan s Signa Ture Friday on legislation giving a treaty Banning Gino cide the Force of american Law Marks the end of a 40 year struggle and represents the final Feather in the political Cap of retiring sen. William Proxmire. I Ron mire a wis delivered More than 3,300 daily speeches Over 19 years before the Senate voted feb. Ii 1986, to ratify the treaty. That ocl turned Back four decades of opposition by conservatives who contended it would undermine rights of americans under the Constitution and infringe . Sovereignly. Hut it took another two year struggle to win congressional passage of the legislation needed to implement the treaty by making genocide the deliberate destruction of a specific population punishable under . Law and setting Stern penalties for violators. The so talc version of the genocide implementation Bill is called the pro Mirc act to Honor the crusade of the senator who is closing out a 31-year Senate career. The treaty was drafted after world War ii As a response to Lite nazi holocaust that killed millions of Europe s jews and other ethnic minorities. It was approved by the United nations at the end of 1948 and submitted to the Senate Early the not year by presi Dent Truman. By the time the Senate acted two years ago 95 other nations had ratified he treaty. The soviet Union Fri Luemly embarrassed american diplomats by claiming . Failure to ratify the pact As evidence the United states lacked a Complete commitment to human rights. Reagan signed he genocide Bill at a ceremony at Chicago s o Harc International Airport saying he was delighted to fulfil the Promise made by Harry tru Man to All the Peoples of the world and especially the jewish the president recalled the nazi death Camps that chimed millions of jews slavs gypsies and others. He said similar atrocities have since taken place in Cambodia the Ukraine and Ethiopia. These events Only renew our rage and righteous fury and make this moment All the More significant for me and All americans Reagan said. Pim Mirc was not at the signing ceremony. White House spokesman Marlin Filz Waler said he was unable Lott no. They Only notified me yesterday that the signing would be at o i Rox Mirc said Friday in eau Claire wis. 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