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 (Text]  Moscow, 22 Septembor, TASS--The automatic station "Prognoa-6" wa:.-launohed-in ---:----
 the Soviet Union today at 0351 Hoscov time in accordance with the spa w  research progra~o. _
 it is intended to continue the research begun in l gj2 by the "Prognoz" autaaiatic ob -. _   -
 servatory.
 Like the previous five stations in the series, "Prognoz-6" rri11 eanduct reaearoh into--_...-
 the corpuscular and electroma~netio radiation of_the sun,,solar plasma flows and     ?
 m.,netie fields in the apace surrounding the eartk r+ith the aim of deter@ining.tha          _.
 in.?luence of solar activity on the.:interplanatary mediun_and on tho sarth~s magnetosphara,
 and also research into galactic u14rt~X1QlA_C..rays,_X-rays and gamrsa-rays.  Seientitle - --------
 ?thc station to conduct this research, in accordance_r+ith_the_pr_ogram. o~ international,
 197,900 1aa, minimua- 498.=ka,-period_of_rotation round the earth 94 hours 48 minutes   --
 inclination of orbit 69 degre-ea._       _  _-          _
 The station ryas put into its: Q~signed trajectory trcm an intermediate:eartb, sataliike_,_,_
 orbit.                   -
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 The "Prognos-6"-station has Deen put-into a highly elliptical orbit as an earth         ~  '
 satellite, with the foliovin~~arameters:  maximu~q=distance. iroas_the earths _iurtace .
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 SCi'ENTIFIC AFFAgiS
 Apart-from scientific apparatrs"  the station also has on boards . a_radio-Sr3nam;~ter=__:_--_--______
 o;.rrating on freQuency 928.E megahert~a -acrio-system top precision me;spring -or-;orpiA       --
 elenients and a radiotelemetry systec-_tor trans~aitting data on the operation of-the..
 SnsCrrrmants and scientaic apparatus~0~earLh..~__.-,_______                              ~`
 Acccrding to tsien-atry intor~atioir the systems ant appar~tus_on board-.era .operating
 noiwaliy.  7he,ctardinatir~ sad oomputing center and institute of the USSR Academy of
 Sciences are processing .the incoming-information. ---   - . '                  ~  ~ ~~   .
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 LD22132bY Moscow TA33 Ints:r-ational Sergiea-in..Russian 120 OdtP 22 Sep_77 ID .:,`~'  `?
 [Taxtj  petraeavod k 22 September; TA3Sy~Ttie'inhabitants Ot 4etrozav~dsk, capital of ===___
 the Soviet F.epublic of Karelia;- have. uiMessed. ~ .usual natural-phenomenon. _. On . -. _---___-
 20 September, at about 0400-a huge star suddenl~~??fired up in the dare sky, impulsively
 sending shafts of light to-the earth.  ThiaVatar ~o.Yed s~orrly toward yetrosavodsk and,
 spreading oVt.ovar.it_.in.~h~.to~f a medusa hung there, showering the city aitb a _..
 multitude of very-fine rays Whleh created an image of pou,?i>g rain.
 After same Lima the ~Ir~inescent rays ceased.  The "medusa" turned into a bright semi-
 clrole and resumed its arovement-in-the direction of-Lake_One6a, the hori$on of r+Q-i.ch -- -
 vas shrouded in dray cloud.  A se-t'_c:~:~:~: ;,col of Drigh: light, red in :.ae middle and
 white at the sides. then foiraed i.n this shroud.  TY-is phenomenon, according to the
 testimony of eyewitnesses, lasted XO-12 minutes.   -
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 SCIENTIFIC A.FBAIRS
 ".7:^ diraetor of the ?atroxavod>k hydr~r,.e:eoroiogical oAservatory, Yu, drCtilOY,  to14 e
 :5~.~iv  ccr:cspondonC  till.  vh?.  .'.t$:S' ~;~  ~t;t  j;;;.C~:+!1 ,?,,r?teO:c3ogical 60rYie6  hava nOt
 ,~reviouLly obsc;vod analat;ica GP-Lily icly~_.~:- taL~r?:.     Rl:dam cal;:.pd thi: phez-aaenan acid
 ite naturo rematns_.a._ri~dlg, baeause the weather-observation.poats did noC record atty.
 aeve:e QEViatriops :rs ciic a.nosphere; either in-tha~prcvioas 24 hours ar is the time
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 tic aiao know. atreased 1"u. Cromav, that ho technical exparsas~ts were bain~ Carried out
 yc the tira.  However.-sithou~ it loft behind no naterial evldenCe, !t is a16o
 :cpassiL,o to desaalbe this rare.phehar~eno.~--as_m alragaR es-there were wsny eyeaitne6eas
 rho observed it (roes various papts~of-the city and-vhosn avidenas is identi4el 0!- han
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 59PIET Wo~~lr SET MORia_FLxGHT-RECORD:. IN IL-62
 I.D221922Y Moscow TASS in fir~gliati 1459 Gh", 22-Sip ?7 LD`
 [Textj  lIoscow. September.;22, TASS--T~TO~r+orld-records warn tet today by the.tiagehip
 of Reroflot,  th0 IL-62 Jai  passenger plane:  QccaMing to p,alLsinary data, both--
 Eraur-d-based instrument and-instru~er-ts=oo-board-the-plane ;ecoried that__thq_IL-62,
 piloted by a crew.oL' .fiia Wom_   e.n~haQ net a "world-distance reaard,~i.ong s: alased routs--
 10,;58 kilametras. -She_aeaond xorid_.  ~  d...aarrage speed eloeig=a-olosed route Ot~~_--
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 ,000 kildbt:rai?  naw aaeount3 t0' 804 kilesal~cs  nww t~miw_--:7M.--..7sw.  1s<w.w  .t v.,._..,~.

