r -Nl~'\E R OF 0:\J ECTS L E NGTH O F OaSERVATION {l, l'I'PE OF 0!1SfAVATIOH S. PtiOTOS 9. PHYSICAL EYJOc HCE LO<:A TION CO NCLU SION BRIE F SUMMARY AM'> A>tALY~IS The db...;crvcr app:).r cntly sic,lteo 1. lLBht i.n chanr;in~ ht-! t-wee n white a n d red. Sh~ ohr;erl~d mi.nutc.3 before t he c1oucls ohscured it. COitl'-" ITS: 'l'hc observe,e was reqtH""\3 t~d to comp l ~ !':t; a n A F l } ... orm 117. Tnls hns not been returned n c of 30 Ju~ 09. ~ii~! the information nv1.i.lable, i t appear:> the obscr.rc r W'1~ -~o~"i.ng f nt th r s whjch '\.Jo.:; at nn clevati.on o.L 14 dc~{~rce3 u.1a qzir.mt!1 of : 138 clcr,rces nt the t!nd o f the s i chting . /,t this -cii:te u f ye 1r, ~ln.rs hn~ n. ;,tellar magnitude of -1. 9 . LOC A Tl OrL G IVE THE FO LOWING INFOR TION ABOU r YOU~SELF MONTH--.--------Y EAR HATIOHAL A ~RON~UTICS At-10 SPACE ADMINISTRATICH WALLOPS STATIOH, WALLOPS ISLAHD, VIRGINIA 23337 TELEPHOHc: VALLEY 4-3411 EXTS. 53"' ond 579 FOR RELEASE: May 2 , 1969 Re lease No. 69-9 BLACK BRANT IIIB ROCKET LAUNCHINGS A more powerful Black Brant IIIB rocket, built by Bristol Acrodp3ce of Winnipeg, was launched yesterday at 2 :26p.m. EDT b y NA~A <.lt the \vallo p s Island, Virginia launch site. 'J1u~ Cunadia n rocket, using a hig h e r impulse solid propellant, a 112-pound paylo:?.rJ to o n altitude of about lJS miles. The p Cl!~tnL Blac;k Brant Iii i s capable of carrying a n 88-pound payload 'ftvn u f: h !St' u tlrat ed ;:ocket~; vJl\r ~ ~l'!eduled to be fired rem \.J:tllop.; 'J ~;lnld f,_:: .. ;hi'"~lc-testing. The [irr;t was successfully NAS .\ C<Httr~ ~ Ll~d v} i th the company to modify the ext.s ting Black Brant lli for a more p o,verful propellant t o en a ble the rocket to reach altitttdes in excess of 200 kilomete~s with nominal sci entific pa j' l.o~1 J Ralph Bullock was the Bristol Aerospace Project r1anager, Arthur A. RtH:!.!"'!lann was the N.;S \ Goddard Sp.:tce Fllc~ht Center' s Vehlcl~ Nan- Island Projec t Engineerti. CO!\.' .ERC 'n ~.s da ... hEd line. an! -tq;t:sC tre 't.',,d a.rc:Jc 1 c n )d eitdt c. at 1:00 c.. n. . rnes of th,~ r J~o .. u .. p~.r t <liJtdi'led fron1 ih~ Surf=. JioJtcd :~bo .. the st tl :"' 1 .._, ,[}tl.Y TO TDP'l' ( UFO ) D E P , ~TMF.