SCODOS Apollo 11 Feature


 

September 1969

SCODOS was the regular magazine of the Australian Department of Supply.

The September 1969 issue of SCODOS featured many aspects of the Department’s support of Apollo 11. It’s a wonderful insight into what was happening in the Department of Supply at the time.

TWX from Cliff Charlesworth

This PDF is an excerpt from the September 1969 issue of SCODOS.

Highlights – references are to physical pages (not PDF pages):

page 7 – Carnarvon’s role – report from Milton Turner. Indirect support from Island Lagoon, Orroral Valley, and Cooby Creek.

page 9 – Honeysuckle’s role, and that of Parkes – report from Bernard Scrivener.

page 11 – Tidbinbilla’s role and recovery from the fire.

page 13 – The Minister for Supply’s words of congratulations to the Australia-wide team. Deakin support.

page 14 – Flight Director Cliff Charlesworth’s message. And how the News Media were helped by the Dept.

page 15 – Prime Minister Gorton at Honeysuckle.

page 17 – Wally Smallwood’s Saturn V model on display – and Radio Holland’s interviews with Dutch-speaking space trackers.

page 73 – Island Lagoon and Tidbinbilla track Mariners 6 and 7.

page 75 – Orroral tracks OSO-G.

page 77 – 210 foot DSN antenna to be built at Tidbinbilla.

Click the image for a 5.4MB PDF file.

Preserved by Hamish Lindsay. Scan by Colin Mackellar, June 2024.