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NEWS RELEASE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AN D SPACE ADMINISTRATION 400 MARYLAND AVENUE, SW, WASHINGTON, D . C. 20546 TELEPHONES: WORTH 2-4155 -------- WORTH3-6925 F O R RELEASE: SuNDAY January 19, 1964 RELEASE NO: 64-9 NASA T O LAUNCH ANOTHER RELAY COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE The National Aeronautics an d Space Administration will launch a second Relay communications satellite aboard a Delta rocket from Cape Kennedy, Fla., n o earlier than Jan. 21, 1964. If successful, it will be th e 22 d straight success for th e Delta launch vehicle, which is scheduled to boost th e n e w Relay into an orbit of about 4600 miles apogee an d 1325 miles perigee. It will orbit the Earth every three hours an d 15 minutes while moving in a path inclined 47 degrees to th e Equator. -more-
