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WILMINGTON MORNING NEWS. WILMINGTON. DELAWARE SATURDAY. OCTOBER 5. 1957 riVE U.

S. Scientists Quickly Congratulate Russians on 'Moon' First FEA1 Bll PEOPLE: LOCAL 'HAMS' SEEK SATELLITE mo in LAUNCHING nf Oil HEWS -1 i i MOSCOW. Saturday, Oct. 5 W. The people of the Soviet Union slept soundly through the night unaware that their scientists had launched the world's Russia's announcement that their earth satellite had been launched and its radioed messages eould-4e-pieked up in -the normal waves of amateur radio WASHINGTON.

Oct. 4 Ufl. Quick American congratulations went to the Russians tonight after the Moscow announcement that Soviet scientists had succeeded in launching an artificial first earth I f'iaff 'stations sent Delaware and Eastern Shore "hams" to their home United Press correspondent Henry Shapiro drove through Moscow's streets to see whether there was any reaction to the Soviet government's announcement of themomentous scientific achievement. Shapiro reported there was the normal peace and calm at 3:20 a. m.

p. m. Friday, EDT) in the Soviet capital. Famed Red Square was silent. While the dramatic news hit the world's capitals, only a few stations last night.

Williard Wilson, of 7 Lindsay Place, Bcllvue, who on many occasions has figured in radio contacts of special interest from his home station, placed his receiver in operation last night immediately after arriving home irom' his place of business in Wilmington. Reports of the satellite launching by Russia gave information that the frequency band was what the amateur operators refer to as the "20 to 40 megacycla 41 i moon. The congratulations were extended by Dr. Lloyd Berkner, an American official of the International Geophysical Year. The occasion was a cocktail party at the Russian Riven for those attending a special conference of the IGY.

Berkner, who is the reporter on earth satellites and rockets for a special committee of the IGY, said he had learned from a press dispatch of the Russian announcement. We offered his congratulations, while Dr. A. A. Blagonravov and other Soviet scientists at the party beamed In appreciation.

Dr. Berkner said American teams organized to spot artificial satellites were immediately being called into action to look for the Russian moon. In another recognition of Soviet success, Dr. Joseph Kaplan, chairman of the U. S.

National Committee for IGY, jjajd: "I am amazed thatTnTne snort 'l-innrl Thic flppnrH i in Tr AllJ.IKU- 411,., UVV.V1U1I1 1." t'l'l i Soviet officials, scientists and! press members in Moscow were aware of the announcement by jthe official Tass News Agency land Moscow Radio. The Russian people would not 'know of their scientists' success iw nson ana l-oi. u. u. Shorter, commander of the "Mars" radio net in Delaware and the Eastern Shore, put the band right on the best level for amateur reception.

The MARS group, according to Lt. Col. Shorter, of 6 Penarth until they awake in the morning. The early editions of today's official Communist Party newspaper carried the official communique on the launching. There were no pictures or comment.

Ml Drive, Penarth, had been preparing some special radar type to Mtppleim-ul aina- Satellite- r-VrriTrmrwnamnfVTii 1 time which they had to plan- I'ontlnurd From Flrnl Fm AP Wlrephoto U. S. Satellites; Prof. V. V.

Beloussov, vice chairman of National Committee of U.S.S.R. for IGY; Dr A. A. Blagonravoy, Soviet delegate to the IGY Conference; and Dr. Joseph Kaplan, chairman of the U.

S. Committee for IGY. obviously not any longer than we had I think it was a remarkable achievement on their part." DISCUSS RUSSIAN SATELLITE LAUNCHING- U. S. and Russian scientists attending an international conference on rocket and satellite programs, discuss Moscow's announcement of launching of an artificial moon.

Left to right: Dr. Richard Porter of New York City, chairman of the technical panel on WilmlHtton Morninc NfKi Pholo WHERE IS SATELLITE? wonders Willard Wilson, Brandywine Hundred, as he contacts other radio "hams" far and wide, even to Australia, trying to find someone who picked up Russian satellite signals, reported to be in amateur radio bands. "From the point of view of teur radio stations, to enable them possibly to get signals from the proposed American satellite, but their program has not become very far advanced at this time. Late last night he had received no reports of any "ham" having received unusual signals. Donald Oplinger of Monro I Park, who was among the fortunate few sky watchers who spotted the comet Mrkos last 'Aug.

12, had not received reports of the satellite sighting last night. lie said that in his understanding from earlier information, it international cooperation the important thing is that a satellite has been launched. They did It and did it first. U. S.

capital said the Russian feat opened "a new era in science" and was the "most interesting experience" of their lives." (The White House had no Immediate comment on the apparent Russian feat of the United States by at least several-months in catapulting an artificial moon into space.) The Moscow announcement said: "I hope they give us enough fn Rp.rnrils Facts and Fisure8 Information so that our Moon- watch teams can help learn the Satellite Now in Definite Orbit, Scientist Concludes ip, On Soviet Satellite Reputed Satellites oiffnaii Given in Nutshell scientific benefits. Noting reports that the satellite was 23 Inches across and weighed about 185 pounds, Kap- 1 nAnlln fnnlnclin NEW YORK, Oct. 4 101. RCA could not say that it actually was lan saiu: ims isitanj miaaoiu, tiM it and that they can launch that iana! corr much heavier! picked up a signa MOSCOW, Oct. 4 Facts and figures of the Soviet they can launch PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, Oct.

5 Dr. I. M. Levitt, director could be picked up only with of the Franklin Institute Planetarium, said this morning the such equipment as that of the Russian earth satellite apparently tr entered a definite orbitjFranklin Institute and the Flower circling the globe every 92 to 94 minutes. Astronomical Observatory at He made the observation on ns oasis of signals picked up and Paoli, Pa.

re-from the satellite by a ham operator at nearby Westville, N. J- spectively. The orbit interval "The successful launching of the first man-made satellite makes a tremendous contribution to the treasure house of world science and culture "Artificial earth satellites will satellite: Size: 23 inches ln diameter. Weight: 185 pounds. sponding to one which Russia reported was being transmitted from its earth satellite.

A recording made of the sound later was broadcast to nationwide TV and radio audiences. A spokesman for RCA said the ones. The objective of the satellites Is to glean new information about the earth, the weather, the sun and the universe. Toasts for One and All the satellite, however. The spokesman said the signal was heard from a westerly direction at 8:07 p.

from a southerly direction at 8:15 p. and from an easterly direction at 8:22 p. m. At 8:30 p. it faded out.

RCA made recordings of the sound available to all major radio and TV networks. NBC and CBS broadcast the i'luuun au ii it'dins nave not Speed. 18,000 miles per hour pave the way for space travel kay for space travel; by the signals shows the speed Dr. Levitt said Gagnon's satel- that the present of the satellite at the expected was on lne proper tf Mr Oplier who had of about 18,000 miles an onnn. L.

(P tIl. Estimated life; Not more than and it seem ms thi-po ieeneration will witness how will witness how At the cocktail party, de- Altitude or orbit: 560 miles andt ious laborof thejhour. Dr. Levitt said. HIT Dr Levitt Said Th'o ham iiniucmj ul iu.mw mcsoi-jvica "'u uir jJiujt-ii UUUC1 a Art and at the expected interval.

Plan developed by Dr. Armand 1 ucuuic it me iic" ovvmw i iic iictiii uiJtiriiui, ah viHi; 1 1 lighted Russian scientists offered! 'J a Ie; one and all toasts in vodka ln length and the ar.hippmpnt iPause the signal the Russians high. Signals: Two radio transmit-F1 evc" ni-Mvinc. ioio ur.i inis is lau piooi uiai i is a i'orklyn and who heads the na- nr Riatrnnravnv siH that could be heard. He said heisound over their radio and TV tprs spnriins sisna'- at 20 (IOt ul iiicvm ne n-ti-ivuu uie nisi sin- sait-une iiiu mil jum a siauun in a Qnoriai hnlletin earlv thislnaic fmm -if in ia ic i i n.

iit I'O'iai program tor satellite networks. One listener said it sounded mbrning. the Soviet Tass agency p. m. EDT) and the signals re- said.

The signals have been 1Jr- was not avail-said the Russian moon "is at about 1:01 in 1-ns niclceH nn in all sections of the aDie ir comment, last night. i like a cricket with a srne throat Russians Launch and 40.002 megacycles, strong enough to be picked up by ham operators. Visibility: Best at sundown and sunset with the naked eye. revolving around the earth at a country. As reported on press services the claimed Russian satellite's the rate of one circuit every Earth Satellite I1 As Editors Tut-Tut Rotation Circles earth once TU nnVlt t.1Qt "beep, beep, beep." The recording of the signals transmitted from the satellite lasted 10 seconds.

The apparent contact was the first reported in the United I signals on the bands announced one or more of these smaller phy, employing special ,0 be audib)e 3 1Q objects might get into an orbit power Schmidt cameras, will also; on.i, in(rrvaic had known when he came here that the launching was planned, that his fellow Russians were about ready to shoot the baby moon into space. He said there had been no test shot beforehand, that this was the first shot. He also said he thought it would stay up for about two weeks but it could be anywhere from two days to a month, depending on how dense the air was at 500 miles altitude. every hour and 35 minutes three months and four days after the opening of the International around the earth, though for a be carried on by the United Like everyone else In u-PUprn u-nHrf thp ei up iiiacnuiny 10 mien located some 45 miles north of Geophysical Year. San Francisco near Napa, Calif, In Cambridge, officials At Denver, an amateur radio at the Smithsonian Astrophysical operator, Jack Flavin, said he tObservatory said they were un-Dickcd ud on his set toniaht a 'able immediately to state for the satellite's signal after very short time.

The little ones States from a number of astro-would be only 6.4 inches in di- nomical observatories both here ameter and weigh only four and abroad, pounds, compared with the 22 1 pnnt0 Plans Not Bared pounds the larger satellite is The Russiang haV(J made no expected to weigh. 'announcements about plans for Dr. John P. Hagen. director telesconic Dhotoeranhv.

One un- Newspapers were caught flat footed by Russian secrecy about scojS announcement By 11:30 p. m. Mr. Wilson, who operates Station W3DQ, said to be as powerful as any allowed for amateur use, had made contact queries to fellow "hams" in San Diego, Dallas, Miami, and Des Moines, la. and had run across no station which had received the Russian satellite signals.

Mr. Wilson ex-pected to continue in the earlv Blagonravov said it was the; developments culminated by -of launching 1 1 ...1. 4U Unrl Wnnn Jimnlwt 1-inH nf hihv mnnn rar.i c-jlpllitp rirrlps thp olnhp Signal Oil Uie wave lengUl re- wucuici me saieuur nau uuen simplest kind of baby moon car- terday. announcement th eyhad'. me saitinie ciules the globe a trans-'sighted because their data had rvinff on a radio transmitter JU, in an hour and 3r minn cs anrt Pulll-U 10 oe US-U uy a ii aus- aiguicu ucidunc men un yes jof the American "Project Van- official report has been that they 'a, ii iauncneanisiorysnrsiman-maae milter on the "ussian babv I not been fully computed.

ind and some instruments. He 1 1 riri ii nil i rxnri in KiM) earth satellite. In, -nrt moon, i iic uuacivniuiy ia tuc iriuidi cated that the batteries used to: nnvi'pr tho rarlSr. in iha cjtallita! the 'T F.a,in "if u- Phimv Point for connection of data on of Yesterday's edition suaiu saix-iiiic piujc-ii fdi wanted to purchase Schmidt this week told a conference of cameras from the United States, satellite scientists in Jlainstay. nf the "Hacking v.

uH BiKiiaio.i icitollito nhcm-vMinn foomc nf hours todayr were heavy. Journal-Every Evening carried San Francisco Picks i sound kind ot a beep lasting in ZZl i Tri nnnu. tti nmr niirr nroeram. however, ill hp hv I amateur stations in Andrulia In E1 r. lraction of a second." He He sjuriJhjxe places had-beenian wnicn saia nubias of the world.

on 1,500 oi "Following the launching of radio. I New Zealand and other distant four test spheresthe Navy will nlac considered for the launching in eal'('1 PrSram- lhat less said its receiving equip-i said he received it Russia but that he had th V. was up ln ment was picking up on the megacycles "but 'here The scientists said they could as a lot not av u-hon th.v u-W in nA 'MU'l'lu L.V.ron i V' oA with a radio transmitter which iSome mU, iha srnd out automatic signals Moseonw Sept. 27 and did not. rhombic antenna, with which it oi interterence.

know the exact site. i "Unlike the United States," listens to signals from New! The Russian announcement lie was asked precisely how jthe editorial said, "she (Russia); York, signals corresponding to! said the signal was also being the Russians would determine hasn't even brought her satellites what the Russians said was the 'heard on 7.5 wave length. Flavin the exact orbit of the moon, and the blueprint stage yet satellite transmission. said "what they are doing is said they would do it by taking I Unless somebody scores a break- "ve tried all our antenna and using a doubling stage in their can be seen with the simplest "if nnr m-psent test nrnsram I i untitle aiiu i ay ivi cm ill kind of telescope glasses Its: continues on schedule, the first signals from scientific TWO HELD ON CHARGES OF POLICY WRITING Two men were arrested by the city vice squad vesterdav velocity was given as something satellite launching attempt will instruments carried in the baby be made early next spring." I moons pictures of it. throueh radio and through, which is certainly pos- this one nicked it un hest.

run-i transmitter." These instruments will pick 'in a raid on a confectionery simple optical instruments. jsible," the editorial continued, ning spaced dots on the 20 Dr. Richard W. Porter of New "neither nation figues to make frequency," a spokes-York, chairman of the technical 'sd on its optimistic advance said. No Notice Given IGY Orbits- up information on such things panel on U.

S. satellites, predictions ln this held before; "This indicates the satellite "It is a magnificent step for as cosmic rays, temperatures, densities, "air drag," and release it in such a form that observers below can pick it up and keep it on record. Most of the U. S. radio tracking stations have been located BRUSSELS, Belgium, Saturday, Oct.

5 OPi. World headquarters of the International Geophysical Year was closed for the night when news reached here early today of the Soviet launching of an earth satellite. Cnnllnufd From First P( actually been sent into a North-South orbit. While the Russians said their moon was describing an elliptical oval-shapedi trajectory at a heieht of 560 miles, the report the Geophysical Year comes to was somewhere east of us at an end in December, 1958. time we heard it, from 5:58 The Russian announcement p.

Pacific Standard Time was made several hours after the (8:58 p. Wilmington Time) last edition of the newspaper; to 6:05 p. he said, went to press. Press Wireless' equipment is store in the 400 block East Eighth Street. Both were charged with being concerned in policy writi.ig.

Booked were Lamotte Williams, 26, of the 800 block WaU nut Street, and John Mezzatesta, 25. of the 400 block West Street. Police said they found a paper bag containing alleged numbers slips, four bundles of similar suspected evidence and other iraphcrnalia in the store. ward in science." 'Astounding' At Weight Dr. Kaplan said that if the total weight given 185 pounds is just that of the satellite ''then the achievement is really astounding.

Nature behaves the same way and gases in rockets explode the same way in anv in a sort of "picket fence" along left unclear whether that was, the 75th Meridian West in order like five miles per second at a height of about 560 miles above the earth. Others to Be Launched The broadcast said the Russians plan to launch several more earth satellites in the next year. It declared the developments will open a way for travel to the planets. Moscow said the satellite Is fitted for steel radio transmitters continuously sending signals earthward on the 15 and 7.5 meter wave lengths and easily received by a broad range of amateur sets. Its announced weight of about 185 pounds is more than eight times the weight of a projected U.

S. earth satellite. Moscow described the signals as of about 310 of a second long with a pause of the same length. The two frequencies alernate in Indiana Moonwatch First to See Globe country. the maximum or minimum! to assure interception of the height from the earth.

I American satellites at each orbit. Americans have forecast that) if the radio transmitter in the thc-ir-satellites will be about 200 bilitv for "finding" the satellite miles from the earth at their rcst with (he voiuntecr nearest point in orbit, and m0onwatchers. ceivably as much as 2,000 miles away at the most distant point. addlt on to he primary 4 radio tracking system, called A question is whether the 18S-! round weight is that of the baby Other Sightings Are Reported; 'Hams' Busy With Radios both their own and Russia's satellites by means of small telescopes which will be manned by teams of "Moonwatchers" ama- SPY TRIAL OF ABEL ADJOURNED TO OCT. 14 NEW YORK, Oct.

4 WV The espionage trial of Col. Rudolf lvanovich Abel, 55, accused of spending nine years in the United States getting defense secrets for Russia, was adjourned today until Oct. 14. Federal District Judge Mortimer W. Byers granted the delay at the request of Abel's attorney, following completion of the jury with the selection of four last stage of the rocket which carried it up there.

For a short time both of them would follow the same orbit. British scientists here said there would be a good chance that people in many parts of the world might be able to get a glimpse of the Red moon if and when the Russians announce the By Associated Press A Tcrre Haute, "moon signalling, Moscow Radio said "Minitrack," the United States has a second system, called "Microlock," which is considered appropriate for volunteer radio tracking work by relatively advanced groups. The United States announced earlier this week that its "picket It announced the first astronomers constituting a watch" team apparently were the first Americans to sight Russia's lite's would appear over the Mos- kind of observation lence cow area twice this morning. Itjalong the expected pathway of earth satellite last night. RCA i did not give other sighting noints ine oany moons.

i ni ft mi Russia has also announced a fence of radio tracking stations, on the course. The broadcast said Soviet satellites planned later will be 'Moonwatch" inow partially complete, will be Definitive telescopic photogra- fully ready in about two weeks. bigger and heavier than the first A tip communications was considered first to hear it. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, said the first sighting was reported by, a station in Terre Haute at 8:50 p. EST.

The Smithsonian Observatory said other sightings came from scattered parts of the country. Scientists and radio amateurs across the United States also reported picking up the sound of the satellite. In Washington, the Defense Department said the Naval Research Laboratory had recorded three passes of the satellite. The baby moon is reported to take one hour and 35 minutes to circle the globe. The Cambridge Observatory exact orbit.

The Russians apparently hope tho radio transmitter will be kept going for three weeks, said William T. Blackband of the British ministry of Supply, In that case amateurs anywhere in the world should have no difficulty in picking up a radio signal if they know when to listen, he said. Blackband said the moon should come over any spot in the United States twice a day as the earth turns under its flight path. But "only when the orbit Is known, would anyone know exactly where and when to look in order to see it," he said. "By another 24 hours the Russians might be able to tell us sphere.

U. S. experts in Washington were amazed at the reported size of the Soviet moon. Dr, Joseph Kaplan, chairman of the U. S.

National Committee for the IGY said its 185-pound weight and 23 inch span "is really fantastic. If they can launch that they can launch much heavier ones." Russia had been silent on the progress of its experiments since last June 19 when a news conference in Moscow was told Russian scientists planned to launch one or more satellites during the IGY that began July 1. U. S. Spokesmen said last May the United States did not plan a secret launching and I said reported sightings from 1 1 about what about what more going to happen to this first explorer in ESI and Whittier, at 7:47 P- m-.

PST. Ham radio operators Blackband said he had heard reported Picking up the sound in hoped the Russians didn't either. Ocean Township, N. Fair Indirectly from Russian sources But U. S.

officials were quick to congratulate the Russians on the Haven, N. Conway, Den announced feat. ver, and Orlando, among ethers. The Moscow broadcast said Soviet scientific stations were still trying to determine the fly Satellite experts at the observatory termed the Russian launching "a great achievement." Dr, Fred L. Whipple, observatory director, said "there is no doubt about it, it was a great achievement on their part and I congratulate them on it." ing sphere's exact trajectory.

It said that because the density of the rarified upper layers is not accurately known there are no data to determine the points of the statellite's entry into the AP Wirtphoto "MOONWATCHERS" SEARCH FOR SATELLITE-Kenneth H. Drummond, administrator of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, uses a moonwatch scope searching for the earth satellite launched by the Russian, with Dr. J. Allen Hynek, right, and his secretary, Marilyn Dawson at Cam-bridge, last night. denser strata.

that one of the radio transmitters was not working very well In this first moon. He said, however, that, this news might have been garbled in translation. Until the orbit is known quite precisely it will be most difficult to see it by the naked eye or binoculars unless you know where and when to look. The most suitable times would prob-ahly be near sunset and dawn, low in the ky. Dr.

Peter WyekofT of the Air Force Cambridge Research Center in Massachusetts said, "We are happy to see it up there. We will do our best to cooperate. It Is a happy occasion for the International Geophysical Year." He said we hope "it is in a fnirly stable orbit and we hope to observe." The broadcast added, how When word was received of the satellite launching, the observatory alerted "moon watch-the lookout for the Russian sphere. ever, that its tremendous velocity will cause th? satellite to burn up on reaching the denser layers. U- S.

scientists were reported Dr. Whipple; who was in Wash- ington attending an Internation- military advantage as such but! vania in tracking the satellite. "Ii'i'J11 it.indicates the Russian potential; The first report him was in July as planning to launch some tiny satellites early in November as a test prelude to iiiuniiu iu v-ouiuuunc ujr in me area oi missnes. from 16-year-old Dan V. Miller last night to supervise operations Boston amateur radio opera- tor Arthur Stockellburg enlisted! of Yonkers.

N. who claimed Wtrfohot would took li! 'in flight. The drawing was prepared at the U. S. Naval Research oratory in Washington, D.

C. AN ARTIST'S CONCEPTION, superimposed on on actual photo of the southwestern United States from 140 miles up, shows what the 20-inch wids U. S. earth satellite the later projected launching next spring of a larger sized "baby moon." in the observatory. Asked if the satellite gave the Soviet any military advantage, Dr.

Whipple-replied, "It is not a the aid of 150 other "hams" in! he heard signals that wer weak New England, New York. New at first and then stronger for 25 Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsyl-1 seconds before fading out. It was. said at the time that -1 ft ri uiJ.