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Show DESERET NEWS, Friday, A 11, 1968 October OMl Apollo 7, Asfros In tv a a half minutes after launch and Schirra reported the second stage was up to full thrusU "Alh beautiful, Schirra he said. as qualifying nation's coolest astronaut at least in terms of heartbeat. Mission Control reported the commanders heart was beating 87 times a minute at liftoff the lowest by several beats ever recorded at that was the perhaps point. It reached its high point 100 beats . per minute when the first stage fell away. Apollo 7 went into an orbit ranging from 140 to 174 miles high a near perfect orbit. The planned orbit had been from 142 to 'miles. 176 The eight booster engines o' Saturn IB rockc lifted i the 16 ton spacecraft heaviest in the world, majestically 'off Its oceanside pad after a smooth countdown. the It wps the start of a orbit shakedown run for a possible flight Into moon orbit and back at Christmastime by engines. A By GARY BLODGETT COLORADO SPRINGS As Apollo 7 orbits the earth, it is tracked by many highly sensitive radar stations which will feed Information to the North American Air DeCOLO. Sta ifinggR ii yfe asm: iTVAPPi NEW ELECTRIC HEAVY-DUTOFFICE MACHINE THAT TURNS OUT THE FINEST WORK YOU'VE EVER SEEN . . . NOW FOR ONLY . minute and A DAY flight, or liter iffi- mi mere lease plan. The Smith-Coron- a 315 Types faster than the fastest typist can type . . . Lease it now for only pennies a day or buy it outright ut . noted that early there were 1,437 Thursday observaunder space objects tion. Of this number, 347 were! earth satellites; 27 were space objects; 1,030 were classified as orbital junk; 25 were space probing debris, and eight were under study. The colonel M WMI CMH (Sam ) Sstslfc gp o j 323-494- 1) NATION Al ARMY & NAVY STORE for NORAD. ( He said space vehicles will be monitored by more than 30 radar and computer systems,1 one of which Is designed to pho-- 1 tograph an object the size of a basketball 20,000 miles into J n SALTlL'AKElURHOLSTER space and have it printed and enlarged to 200 times its actual size all within 13 seconds. I yave 000 0ve Clearance Inventory & This machine, costing $1.5 million, is only a small part of the $150 million complex which is constructed out of solid gran- ite more than 1 miles deep inside Cheyenne Mountan about five miles from Springs. Ti OPEN CKS FRIDAY & MONDAY UNTIL 9, 9 P.M. HUNTERS' SPECIAL OVERSIZE Colorado Warehouse damaged units within the Receiving complex obtain radar 6ignalSj from scores of radar sites in North America, Greenland andj .England, said Col. Mulledy. 8-M- j The tracking devices record more than 200,000 sightings a day. Each sighting is recorded by computer as to size, shape, design and characteristics of whether it be an the object aircraft, rocket, particle from another plant, or one of many orbiting the pieces of "junk earth. "There are between 1,000 and 1,500 objects orbiting! the earth today and increased space traffic could create one of the biggest threats of enemy attack, said Col. Mulledy. 3rd an atomic warhead carrying ALL APPLIANCE CO. EAST -V at any which could be he time, anyplace on earth? said. SOUTH Mod. 98 SLEEPING 42"x86" EXTRA wide, SSJSb'KW' j EXTRA long. 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At three anJ i half minutes, Schirra said the second stage was "a little bumpy, a little bumpy. that the Schirra observed gravity forces thrust on the crew by the accelerating rocket were light just groat. Mission Control reported five after blastoff that minutes A landmark tracking technique will be used by enthusiastic goes were being on 11 day mission info space. ail ground from received controllers. polio 8 and its three astro- gaining speed gradually until iti "Shes riding like a dream, shattered the sound barrier a! 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