vera aiso covered? by Fastox cameras to cbtein fF the first vound uas delayed because three radar beacons vere 4 é found to be inoperable hofere one vas instelled in gesd conditien. Exton- nnesion of the fgor and dsxenda deta indicated satisfactory vehicle performance. All functicns operuted properly, except deploymsmt of the eccond-staege parachute. The heed was soverely damaged when it vas . recovered the following day. roo The second-stage chute had remained in thea can, apparently because the plate between the twe parachutes had caught Ase 7 + The secend rowed vas launched on 16 April. vere re-worked and the plate was removed. For this reund, the varachuiss The redar beacon failed at 20 seconds, but Igor. Askania, and radar akin tracking continued. functions occurred properly. All Radar tracking was lost at about 150,000 feet MSL on the downward portion of the trajectory. imnediate recovery was not possible. For this reason, A ground search was instituted the following day but failed to Locate the head. Fiuelly, the head was sighted from the sir, and a acarch party recovered 1% on 22 April. head was in excellent condition. The The filter was intact, the fore and aft seais had functicned, and the head flotation tube was inflated. -~2- The