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DECLASSIFIED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE INTERAGENCY SECURITY CLASSIFICATION APPEALS PANEL EO 13526 SECTION 53(b)(3)
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BY NORADNORTHCOMCSO SEPTEMBER 2009
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UNClASSIHEDo RNmiddot-middotmiddot aa Issue-No 4967 81Yecember 1967
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middotMay IUvcltn111-e _lllti eaampt -o ~~--~~a ~Mqs ~ 91 rs middot rsmiddot ~Stll ffiM~Ard tuCtizsvrmiddottLJ(rr z middot nns yen1C~~-
21 uch launches in ~tl lttfmiddot l ~66 l1EWPi ltlW SOVmiddotir WEAliiJl R05~ATELLlTE DAA TO U S ~A-1 BE Qeuro-LAbulliED 13Y PASSING OF - shyAuillA~ iVBATi-fl_R Okri
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middot
Only 11 Mi~slle~ 5middotSpace Events OccurreaJrrUSSR in November
Th~te were 16 ktiOvn Soviet launches in November 1967 a Jevel of aetiVity f~r belchJ that of October when the number oi laumiddotnch~s reach~d middot a record-br eaking Sl
Of the 15 November ey~nts middot ll w ermiddote missile firi ngs anc( 5 w~re apace e ire nts A listitig is gtshowq ~ltm page 2~
A s ~d~ from the Cmiddotomparatively low lecv el Qf activity the iltgtllawing points may be noted middot
e All tlle mi~si~e fir jugs we re sueaessJvl exc ept for middotthe Kr-6 firing ltgtf 29 Nov ln bull
bull Ther e were only 5 ICBM firings -- 3 low-apogee firin~s bullof the small opemiddotr-ational SS- 11~ ana Z RampD fir ings of the Soliqoprop~llant KY- 6 Ihere were n o fiJings of the
e operational stcnable-~iquid-ptOpelant S$_7 OJ ss- 9 ~~
e $oopet
WIR 4967 8 Dec 196middot7
bull middot Pl~-setsk PQDe theittgturcttln opound ~middotw-cemiddot ~g~~vltymiddot ~li~~e 4 eishyt~e ~middot ~~ce~ la~~C~middot-aittemptt ~t~ook placemiddot middot 1Jr ~th~ Pie~~~lt~ iiU~ltlireS m~r~ fi cge~$poundAl T c le _s~ launch~ att~pt at Tyuxata~ middot sserre Qf mestSP-Yiemiddott n~nshyrauelhe $pace launches wamiddot~ laumc~middotd by the large sL 1Z ~yste-m the payload pr-gbably ~s a cilocu~lunal ve~ietemiddot middot
th~s attermpt failed whe n secoQd - stage ptopulsien was shut down premmiddotaturely middot
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dev~fopments
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Cos mos 174 Reassessed~ as PrO_beble middotcommunications Sateltite-lnstead of Failure
Cosmos 174 middotwhich the $middotoviets launched from Tyulatam into a highly ellipti~a-114-hou~ orbit p~ ~l Aug-ust was originally assessed as a possibl~ faltiluremiddot gmiddotJia Molniya-typ~ communic~tiortsshyrelay satellitemiddot middotit was injec-ted into a M-olniya-type bull orbit yet the Soviets announced it as a Cosntos series scientjfic r~search ~atell~te the Sov-iet~ poundteq11ent~y ass)ign Cosmos designations to satellites which fail to fnttction prop~r-ly _
_ lhe ~Qrllent~1l-Sses iftn~middotnt its th$t Sosmiddotmos 114 may not bav-e taiJeamiddot 1n its mas~Omiddotn aPd tlthat it ~Y lla~ a middotcom-mu-nkations -type ll)~S Smiddotion WhfcliC~nnot be defined middota t pres-enl (NORADbull (~EGRET)
Reece SaleH Ite Gosmosmiddot 193 De-or brood middot m
1Rev EarUer Than Expected middot Cosmos 193- a Sovi-et ileCce satellite which was launched
fr-om JlesetSk on Zti Novembel was de-o-rbited on 3 December aft~ r nearly 8 4ays n orbit De-oJbit occur-red on Rev 124 one rev-oluon eaJtlter than NOR-AD h-ad e~pemiddotc~ed impact probabJy middotoccuplusmnqed be~een 05 io -05-lS~Z- appa-ren~y s middotoliilmiddotewhat east of the normal tecov~ry area
The tea-Sltm for the slightly early de-orbit is not known (NOR AD) (SECR~middotf)
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WIR 4967 8 Dee 19eurogt7 sECRElr
Cosmos 194 js sovietsl 25th Military ReGCe Sateltil~ Launch this Yearmiddot~
CegtQno$ 194 whiQh was lallnehed ftom Piesets~ at about 1200Z~ 3 Demiddotc~mber~ imiddots th~ Soviels 25th ntilitary r~~issance
~ jf
s-atellite launch of 1967 all blt~3 have b-eltea 5UC~esspoundul There middot were ~3 Such launches laat yeE-ltr z opound which were Uil~r es
The SL-4 propulsion system (S-6 boo~ter-su~~imer plus Venik ~pper stag~) was used for CdsmomiddotJ 194bull
The new satiellite will probably be de-orbiteil tl December (NORAD) (SEGJtBg)
Relay of Spvtet Weather ~teimiddot H~e Data tomiddotus M~y Be DelayetfmiddotbymiddotPas~sing middotoJ ~egular Wmiddoteather Data middot
ThlaquoSoviets h~e net to date b~ able tomiddotmeet tile middot6-lioui d eadliJle on t~ansrnissmiddoti~n middot~ weath~1r~a~~Ui~e (lata ~o the DSequiJed by t)le 1962 ilJS-USSJR agre-ement on ~ ~ehange of wurthetsatelBte iniorlllatiou The reasons for ttlis d~lay hav~ ~ever be~en cleampJ b~t if~ ndw appeilrmiddots that this data is paSJjled to Nioscow centver ttegWar weathershy
bmiddot aff~q cir-Citits anl gets deay~i hy ~middot PClS~~ge ~pound ~1 Weatb~r aata 1 Themiddotmiddot Saviett inittau-$aciitnowledgea only that re~out o weatae~shy
sate~te a~a wa13 ~~Cmiddottgtmpli~he~ ~t ~O~QW No~ ~fi ~ve d~s~los~tJ that tij~y ~ e ~ec~Jvitt and ~rolt e~-~~ d~ta frmiddotom ~e~jthcent middotampateUitea at three lreg1onal middotcenters Qblms-k (neal Ma~~w) ~a~~rovsk arul NovosdbUsR They appareritly amiddotre having amporne dipoundpoundiltulfy in cotn~ishyeating the1data flmiddot om tl)e tW~middot out~ta~ilillns to the main s~tion at Qbninsk an a real4~e basis but lloRe tq solve this problern ~ middottne near future Sine~ ~ot~ ~barovsk (in the SoVi~t Fal $astJ aod Noyen1middot birsk (in ~middotentral Sj~~la) are ttegianal metec o~io~centa1 ~enter$ 1bullS0viees 1
Hyqrqmete()-Telo-gic-~~ SelVite~ it is li~ that tlleil- e~J cormnunication-s cireuiU are filled ~ nearly itllie~~ witb middotr~gular
metleorolqg1poundaL trmiddot afpound1~ whic~ m~~t iblaquoifyenen ~ highu Pto~ityr than I
weath~r-Slellite ciata since it 1s Cfgtncerned wmiddotith aafety af aircrapoundt t~afi~ wltbiD the u~ I
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Soviets Want to Know Source of US Infomiddot on Soviet FOBS
A Soviet offi-cermiddot conversing with a tiS de~nse attache at a re~ent Japanese reception in Moscow evidently had been told tO determine the irlformatiorfsouroe used by US DefeJlse Secretary ~~Namarabulls information in his reeertt pre$cS ~uncement concel~g the Soviet FOBS (fr~ctio~i-orbit bommiddotbardment systemmiddot ~
middot man earliex ~onverTation Wi~l the s~emiddot UgtS att~che~ t~ middotGbief af~e $ oreign Liaisltgtnmiddot Sect~reg ef th~ Miinistry of Deiense tried to- find outfif anot~er Soviet ofiice~raquoo Chief Mar-sbullhal qf ArmoT P A Ro~stlovt ha9- t~Jkcentcl with the QS attamiddot oh~ middotaboJJtmiddot the US latmeh opound the SatUrn 5 on 9 Novemb~er USDAO Mosmiddotcow f(ZONFFBEl~TIAL
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UNClASSIHEDo RNmiddot-middotmiddot aa Issue-No 4967 81Yecember 1967
UbullS Smiddot R IN ~OVE~tBpoundll rvfueh fewer- than Sl laiiUl~he s o Oetolier
Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal
COSMOS 17-) REAltS6ESSEOAS PROnAB LE COMM UNrCPTIONS SA tELLTpound INSlrAO middotOf
vshyI bull ~rmiddot shy
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aut s~cifio mis-si-on not id~ntiud middot llECCE 5-ATELLilE CdSMQS lltii DE-ORlHTED l B$V lfA~lJEa THA FXPpoundtno
middotMay IUvcltn111-e _lllti eaampt -o ~~--~~a ~Mqs ~ 91 rs middot rsmiddot ~Stll ffiM~Ard tuCtizsvrmiddottLJ(rr z middot nns yen1C~~-
21 uch launches in ~tl lttfmiddot l ~66 l1EWPi ltlW SOVmiddotir WEAliiJl R05~ATELLlTE DAA TO U S ~A-1 BE Qeuro-LAbulliED 13Y PASSING OF - shyAuillA~ iVBATi-fl_R Okri
3 readomiddotut ei~ofa rultmed $OYIlts VANt TQ KllOWSOlRCE Of lI S INyen0 ON SOVIET FOBS
Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to t he appeal
UNClASSifiED
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NOTE Pageo-fo- 31 H is ~ 38 1-1 -l middotU 46 nd 47 -of thi$ iua~ltt are blank
11
FOR 0FfiC1AL USE ONLY
-S$~amp~0~middot middotshy~P~0~~~~----------~-------------------------------1lmiddot ~
Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal
middot
Only 11 Mi~slle~ 5middotSpace Events OccurreaJrrUSSR in November
Th~te were 16 ktiOvn Soviet launches in November 1967 a Jevel of aetiVity f~r belchJ that of October when the number oi laumiddotnch~s reach~d middot a record-br eaking Sl
Of the 15 November ey~nts middot ll w ermiddote missile firi ngs anc( 5 w~re apace e ire nts A listitig is gtshowq ~ltm page 2~
A s ~d~ from the Cmiddotomparatively low lecv el Qf activity the iltgtllawing points may be noted middot
e All tlle mi~si~e fir jugs we re sueaessJvl exc ept for middotthe Kr-6 firing ltgtf 29 Nov ln bull
bull Ther e were only 5 ICBM firings -- 3 low-apogee firin~s bullof the small opemiddotr-ational SS- 11~ ana Z RampD fir ings of the Soliqoprop~llant KY- 6 Ihere were n o fiJings of the
e operational stcnable-~iquid-ptOpelant S$_7 OJ ss- 9 ~~
e $oopet
WIR 4967 8 Dec 196middot7
bull middot Pl~-setsk PQDe theittgturcttln opound ~middotw-cemiddot ~g~~vltymiddot ~li~~e 4 eishyt~e ~middot ~~ce~ la~~C~middot-aittemptt ~t~ook placemiddot middot 1Jr ~th~ Pie~~~lt~ iiU~ltlireS m~r~ fi cge~$poundAl T c le _s~ launch~ att~pt at Tyuxata~ middot sserre Qf mestSP-Yiemiddott n~nshyrauelhe $pace launches wamiddot~ laumc~middotd by the large sL 1Z ~yste-m the payload pr-gbably ~s a cilocu~lunal ve~ietemiddot middot
th~s attermpt failed whe n secoQd - stage ptopulsien was shut down premmiddotaturely middot
f
Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal
r
middot significant
intellfgence
on space
dev~fopments
and tre-nds
Cos mos 174 Reassessed~ as PrO_beble middotcommunications Sateltite-lnstead of Failure
Cosmos 174 middotwhich the $middotoviets launched from Tyulatam into a highly ellipti~a-114-hou~ orbit p~ ~l Aug-ust was originally assessed as a possibl~ faltiluremiddot gmiddotJia Molniya-typ~ communic~tiortsshyrelay satellitemiddot middotit was injec-ted into a M-olniya-type bull orbit yet the Soviets announced it as a Cosntos series scientjfic r~search ~atell~te the Sov-iet~ poundteq11ent~y ass)ign Cosmos designations to satellites which fail to fnttction prop~r-ly _
_ lhe ~Qrllent~1l-Sses iftn~middotnt its th$t Sosmiddotmos 114 may not bav-e taiJeamiddot 1n its mas~Omiddotn aPd tlthat it ~Y lla~ a middotcom-mu-nkations -type ll)~S Smiddotion WhfcliC~nnot be defined middota t pres-enl (NORADbull (~EGRET)
Reece SaleH Ite Gosmosmiddot 193 De-or brood middot m
1Rev EarUer Than Expected middot Cosmos 193- a Sovi-et ileCce satellite which was launched
fr-om JlesetSk on Zti Novembel was de-o-rbited on 3 December aft~ r nearly 8 4ays n orbit De-oJbit occur-red on Rev 124 one rev-oluon eaJtlter than NOR-AD h-ad e~pemiddotc~ed impact probabJy middotoccuplusmnqed be~een 05 io -05-lS~Z- appa-ren~y s middotoliilmiddotewhat east of the normal tecov~ry area
The tea-Sltm for the slightly early de-orbit is not known (NOR AD) (SECR~middotf)
e r e -9shy
WIR 4967 8 Dee 19eurogt7 sECRElr
Cosmos 194 js sovietsl 25th Military ReGCe Sateltil~ Launch this Yearmiddot~
CegtQno$ 194 whiQh was lallnehed ftom Piesets~ at about 1200Z~ 3 Demiddotc~mber~ imiddots th~ Soviels 25th ntilitary r~~issance
~ jf
s-atellite launch of 1967 all blt~3 have b-eltea 5UC~esspoundul There middot were ~3 Such launches laat yeE-ltr z opound which were Uil~r es
The SL-4 propulsion system (S-6 boo~ter-su~~imer plus Venik ~pper stag~) was used for CdsmomiddotJ 194bull
The new satiellite will probably be de-orbiteil tl December (NORAD) (SEGJtBg)
Relay of Spvtet Weather ~teimiddot H~e Data tomiddotus M~y Be DelayetfmiddotbymiddotPas~sing middotoJ ~egular Wmiddoteather Data middot
ThlaquoSoviets h~e net to date b~ able tomiddotmeet tile middot6-lioui d eadliJle on t~ansrnissmiddoti~n middot~ weath~1r~a~~Ui~e (lata ~o the DSequiJed by t)le 1962 ilJS-USSJR agre-ement on ~ ~ehange of wurthetsatelBte iniorlllatiou The reasons for ttlis d~lay hav~ ~ever be~en cleampJ b~t if~ ndw appeilrmiddots that this data is paSJjled to Nioscow centver ttegWar weathershy
bmiddot aff~q cir-Citits anl gets deay~i hy ~middot PClS~~ge ~pound ~1 Weatb~r aata 1 Themiddotmiddot Saviett inittau-$aciitnowledgea only that re~out o weatae~shy
sate~te a~a wa13 ~~Cmiddottgtmpli~he~ ~t ~O~QW No~ ~fi ~ve d~s~los~tJ that tij~y ~ e ~ec~Jvitt and ~rolt e~-~~ d~ta frmiddotom ~e~jthcent middotampateUitea at three lreg1onal middotcenters Qblms-k (neal Ma~~w) ~a~~rovsk arul NovosdbUsR They appareritly amiddotre having amporne dipoundpoundiltulfy in cotn~ishyeating the1data flmiddot om tl)e tW~middot out~ta~ilillns to the main s~tion at Qbninsk an a real4~e basis but lloRe tq solve this problern ~ middottne near future Sine~ ~ot~ ~barovsk (in the SoVi~t Fal $astJ aod Noyen1middot birsk (in ~middotentral Sj~~la) are ttegianal metec o~io~centa1 ~enter$ 1bullS0viees 1
Hyqrqmete()-Telo-gic-~~ SelVite~ it is li~ that tlleil- e~J cormnunication-s cireuiU are filled ~ nearly itllie~~ witb middotr~gular
metleorolqg1poundaL trmiddot afpound1~ whic~ m~~t iblaquoifyenen ~ highu Pto~ityr than I
weath~r-Slellite ciata since it 1s Cfgtncerned wmiddotith aafety af aircrapoundt t~afi~ wltbiD the u~ I
tCUJ (~Glt ~)
bulllfamiddot ~S~9~0~PPEO~~~------------~------------------------------- Imiddot R
middot
middotmiddot
-middot middot ~
Soviets Want to Know Source of US Infomiddot on Soviet FOBS
A Soviet offi-cermiddot conversing with a tiS de~nse attache at a re~ent Japanese reception in Moscow evidently had been told tO determine the irlformatiorfsouroe used by US DefeJlse Secretary ~~Namarabulls information in his reeertt pre$cS ~uncement concel~g the Soviet FOBS (fr~ctio~i-orbit bommiddotbardment systemmiddot ~
middot man earliex ~onverTation Wi~l the s~emiddot UgtS att~che~ t~ middotGbief af~e $ oreign Liaisltgtnmiddot Sect~reg ef th~ Miinistry of Deiense tried to- find outfif anot~er Soviet ofiice~raquoo Chief Mar-sbullhal qf ArmoT P A Ro~stlovt ha9- t~Jkcentcl with the QS attamiddot oh~ middotaboJJtmiddot the US latmeh opound the SatUrn 5 on 9 Novemb~er USDAO Mosmiddotcow f(ZONFFBEl~TIAL
-
ll secret
-S$~amp~0~middot middotshy~P~0~~~~----------~-------------------------------1lmiddot ~
Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal
middot
Only 11 Mi~slle~ 5middotSpace Events OccurreaJrrUSSR in November
Th~te were 16 ktiOvn Soviet launches in November 1967 a Jevel of aetiVity f~r belchJ that of October when the number oi laumiddotnch~s reach~d middot a record-br eaking Sl
Of the 15 November ey~nts middot ll w ermiddote missile firi ngs anc( 5 w~re apace e ire nts A listitig is gtshowq ~ltm page 2~
A s ~d~ from the Cmiddotomparatively low lecv el Qf activity the iltgtllawing points may be noted middot
e All tlle mi~si~e fir jugs we re sueaessJvl exc ept for middotthe Kr-6 firing ltgtf 29 Nov ln bull
bull Ther e were only 5 ICBM firings -- 3 low-apogee firin~s bullof the small opemiddotr-ational SS- 11~ ana Z RampD fir ings of the Soliqoprop~llant KY- 6 Ihere were n o fiJings of the
e operational stcnable-~iquid-ptOpelant S$_7 OJ ss- 9 ~~
e $oopet
WIR 4967 8 Dec 196middot7
bull middot Pl~-setsk PQDe theittgturcttln opound ~middotw-cemiddot ~g~~vltymiddot ~li~~e 4 eishyt~e ~middot ~~ce~ la~~C~middot-aittemptt ~t~ook placemiddot middot 1Jr ~th~ Pie~~~lt~ iiU~ltlireS m~r~ fi cge~$poundAl T c le _s~ launch~ att~pt at Tyuxata~ middot sserre Qf mestSP-Yiemiddott n~nshyrauelhe $pace launches wamiddot~ laumc~middotd by the large sL 1Z ~yste-m the payload pr-gbably ~s a cilocu~lunal ve~ietemiddot middot
th~s attermpt failed whe n secoQd - stage ptopulsien was shut down premmiddotaturely middot
f
Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal
r
middot significant
intellfgence
on space
dev~fopments
and tre-nds
Cos mos 174 Reassessed~ as PrO_beble middotcommunications Sateltite-lnstead of Failure
Cosmos 174 middotwhich the $middotoviets launched from Tyulatam into a highly ellipti~a-114-hou~ orbit p~ ~l Aug-ust was originally assessed as a possibl~ faltiluremiddot gmiddotJia Molniya-typ~ communic~tiortsshyrelay satellitemiddot middotit was injec-ted into a M-olniya-type bull orbit yet the Soviets announced it as a Cosntos series scientjfic r~search ~atell~te the Sov-iet~ poundteq11ent~y ass)ign Cosmos designations to satellites which fail to fnttction prop~r-ly _
_ lhe ~Qrllent~1l-Sses iftn~middotnt its th$t Sosmiddotmos 114 may not bav-e taiJeamiddot 1n its mas~Omiddotn aPd tlthat it ~Y lla~ a middotcom-mu-nkations -type ll)~S Smiddotion WhfcliC~nnot be defined middota t pres-enl (NORADbull (~EGRET)
Reece SaleH Ite Gosmosmiddot 193 De-or brood middot m
1Rev EarUer Than Expected middot Cosmos 193- a Sovi-et ileCce satellite which was launched
fr-om JlesetSk on Zti Novembel was de-o-rbited on 3 December aft~ r nearly 8 4ays n orbit De-oJbit occur-red on Rev 124 one rev-oluon eaJtlter than NOR-AD h-ad e~pemiddotc~ed impact probabJy middotoccuplusmnqed be~een 05 io -05-lS~Z- appa-ren~y s middotoliilmiddotewhat east of the normal tecov~ry area
The tea-Sltm for the slightly early de-orbit is not known (NOR AD) (SECR~middotf)
e r e -9shy
WIR 4967 8 Dee 19eurogt7 sECRElr
Cosmos 194 js sovietsl 25th Military ReGCe Sateltil~ Launch this Yearmiddot~
CegtQno$ 194 whiQh was lallnehed ftom Piesets~ at about 1200Z~ 3 Demiddotc~mber~ imiddots th~ Soviels 25th ntilitary r~~issance
~ jf
s-atellite launch of 1967 all blt~3 have b-eltea 5UC~esspoundul There middot were ~3 Such launches laat yeE-ltr z opound which were Uil~r es
The SL-4 propulsion system (S-6 boo~ter-su~~imer plus Venik ~pper stag~) was used for CdsmomiddotJ 194bull
The new satiellite will probably be de-orbiteil tl December (NORAD) (SEGJtBg)
Relay of Spvtet Weather ~teimiddot H~e Data tomiddotus M~y Be DelayetfmiddotbymiddotPas~sing middotoJ ~egular Wmiddoteather Data middot
ThlaquoSoviets h~e net to date b~ able tomiddotmeet tile middot6-lioui d eadliJle on t~ansrnissmiddoti~n middot~ weath~1r~a~~Ui~e (lata ~o the DSequiJed by t)le 1962 ilJS-USSJR agre-ement on ~ ~ehange of wurthetsatelBte iniorlllatiou The reasons for ttlis d~lay hav~ ~ever be~en cleampJ b~t if~ ndw appeilrmiddots that this data is paSJjled to Nioscow centver ttegWar weathershy
bmiddot aff~q cir-Citits anl gets deay~i hy ~middot PClS~~ge ~pound ~1 Weatb~r aata 1 Themiddotmiddot Saviett inittau-$aciitnowledgea only that re~out o weatae~shy
sate~te a~a wa13 ~~Cmiddottgtmpli~he~ ~t ~O~QW No~ ~fi ~ve d~s~los~tJ that tij~y ~ e ~ec~Jvitt and ~rolt e~-~~ d~ta frmiddotom ~e~jthcent middotampateUitea at three lreg1onal middotcenters Qblms-k (neal Ma~~w) ~a~~rovsk arul NovosdbUsR They appareritly amiddotre having amporne dipoundpoundiltulfy in cotn~ishyeating the1data flmiddot om tl)e tW~middot out~ta~ilillns to the main s~tion at Qbninsk an a real4~e basis but lloRe tq solve this problern ~ middottne near future Sine~ ~ot~ ~barovsk (in the SoVi~t Fal $astJ aod Noyen1middot birsk (in ~middotentral Sj~~la) are ttegianal metec o~io~centa1 ~enter$ 1bullS0viees 1
Hyqrqmete()-Telo-gic-~~ SelVite~ it is li~ that tlleil- e~J cormnunication-s cireuiU are filled ~ nearly itllie~~ witb middotr~gular
metleorolqg1poundaL trmiddot afpound1~ whic~ m~~t iblaquoifyenen ~ highu Pto~ityr than I
weath~r-Slellite ciata since it 1s Cfgtncerned wmiddotith aafety af aircrapoundt t~afi~ wltbiD the u~ I
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Soviets Want to Know Source of US Infomiddot on Soviet FOBS
A Soviet offi-cermiddot conversing with a tiS de~nse attache at a re~ent Japanese reception in Moscow evidently had been told tO determine the irlformatiorfsouroe used by US DefeJlse Secretary ~~Namarabulls information in his reeertt pre$cS ~uncement concel~g the Soviet FOBS (fr~ctio~i-orbit bommiddotbardment systemmiddot ~
middot man earliex ~onverTation Wi~l the s~emiddot UgtS att~che~ t~ middotGbief af~e $ oreign Liaisltgtnmiddot Sect~reg ef th~ Miinistry of Deiense tried to- find outfif anot~er Soviet ofiice~raquoo Chief Mar-sbullhal qf ArmoT P A Ro~stlovt ha9- t~Jkcentcl with the QS attamiddot oh~ middotaboJJtmiddot the US latmeh opound the SatUrn 5 on 9 Novemb~er USDAO Mosmiddotcow f(ZONFFBEl~TIAL
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bull middot Pl~-setsk PQDe theittgturcttln opound ~middotw-cemiddot ~g~~vltymiddot ~li~~e 4 eishyt~e ~middot ~~ce~ la~~C~middot-aittemptt ~t~ook placemiddot middot 1Jr ~th~ Pie~~~lt~ iiU~ltlireS m~r~ fi cge~$poundAl T c le _s~ launch~ att~pt at Tyuxata~ middot sserre Qf mestSP-Yiemiddott n~nshyrauelhe $pace launches wamiddot~ laumc~middotd by the large sL 1Z ~yste-m the payload pr-gbably ~s a cilocu~lunal ve~ietemiddot middot
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Cos mos 174 Reassessed~ as PrO_beble middotcommunications Sateltite-lnstead of Failure
Cosmos 174 middotwhich the $middotoviets launched from Tyulatam into a highly ellipti~a-114-hou~ orbit p~ ~l Aug-ust was originally assessed as a possibl~ faltiluremiddot gmiddotJia Molniya-typ~ communic~tiortsshyrelay satellitemiddot middotit was injec-ted into a M-olniya-type bull orbit yet the Soviets announced it as a Cosntos series scientjfic r~search ~atell~te the Sov-iet~ poundteq11ent~y ass)ign Cosmos designations to satellites which fail to fnttction prop~r-ly _
_ lhe ~Qrllent~1l-Sses iftn~middotnt its th$t Sosmiddotmos 114 may not bav-e taiJeamiddot 1n its mas~Omiddotn aPd tlthat it ~Y lla~ a middotcom-mu-nkations -type ll)~S Smiddotion WhfcliC~nnot be defined middota t pres-enl (NORADbull (~EGRET)
Reece SaleH Ite Gosmosmiddot 193 De-or brood middot m
1Rev EarUer Than Expected middot Cosmos 193- a Sovi-et ileCce satellite which was launched
fr-om JlesetSk on Zti Novembel was de-o-rbited on 3 December aft~ r nearly 8 4ays n orbit De-oJbit occur-red on Rev 124 one rev-oluon eaJtlter than NOR-AD h-ad e~pemiddotc~ed impact probabJy middotoccuplusmnqed be~een 05 io -05-lS~Z- appa-ren~y s middotoliilmiddotewhat east of the normal tecov~ry area
The tea-Sltm for the slightly early de-orbit is not known (NOR AD) (SECR~middotf)
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Cosmos 194 js sovietsl 25th Military ReGCe Sateltil~ Launch this Yearmiddot~
CegtQno$ 194 whiQh was lallnehed ftom Piesets~ at about 1200Z~ 3 Demiddotc~mber~ imiddots th~ Soviels 25th ntilitary r~~issance
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s-atellite launch of 1967 all blt~3 have b-eltea 5UC~esspoundul There middot were ~3 Such launches laat yeE-ltr z opound which were Uil~r es
The SL-4 propulsion system (S-6 boo~ter-su~~imer plus Venik ~pper stag~) was used for CdsmomiddotJ 194bull
The new satiellite will probably be de-orbiteil tl December (NORAD) (SEGJtBg)
Relay of Spvtet Weather ~teimiddot H~e Data tomiddotus M~y Be DelayetfmiddotbymiddotPas~sing middotoJ ~egular Wmiddoteather Data middot
ThlaquoSoviets h~e net to date b~ able tomiddotmeet tile middot6-lioui d eadliJle on t~ansrnissmiddoti~n middot~ weath~1r~a~~Ui~e (lata ~o the DSequiJed by t)le 1962 ilJS-USSJR agre-ement on ~ ~ehange of wurthetsatelBte iniorlllatiou The reasons for ttlis d~lay hav~ ~ever be~en cleampJ b~t if~ ndw appeilrmiddots that this data is paSJjled to Nioscow centver ttegWar weathershy
bmiddot aff~q cir-Citits anl gets deay~i hy ~middot PClS~~ge ~pound ~1 Weatb~r aata 1 Themiddotmiddot Saviett inittau-$aciitnowledgea only that re~out o weatae~shy
sate~te a~a wa13 ~~Cmiddottgtmpli~he~ ~t ~O~QW No~ ~fi ~ve d~s~los~tJ that tij~y ~ e ~ec~Jvitt and ~rolt e~-~~ d~ta frmiddotom ~e~jthcent middotampateUitea at three lreg1onal middotcenters Qblms-k (neal Ma~~w) ~a~~rovsk arul NovosdbUsR They appareritly amiddotre having amporne dipoundpoundiltulfy in cotn~ishyeating the1data flmiddot om tl)e tW~middot out~ta~ilillns to the main s~tion at Qbninsk an a real4~e basis but lloRe tq solve this problern ~ middottne near future Sine~ ~ot~ ~barovsk (in the SoVi~t Fal $astJ aod Noyen1middot birsk (in ~middotentral Sj~~la) are ttegianal metec o~io~centa1 ~enter$ 1bullS0viees 1
Hyqrqmete()-Telo-gic-~~ SelVite~ it is li~ that tlleil- e~J cormnunication-s cireuiU are filled ~ nearly itllie~~ witb middotr~gular
metleorolqg1poundaL trmiddot afpound1~ whic~ m~~t iblaquoifyenen ~ highu Pto~ityr than I
weath~r-Slellite ciata since it 1s Cfgtncerned wmiddotith aafety af aircrapoundt t~afi~ wltbiD the u~ I
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Soviets Want to Know Source of US Infomiddot on Soviet FOBS
A Soviet offi-cermiddot conversing with a tiS de~nse attache at a re~ent Japanese reception in Moscow evidently had been told tO determine the irlformatiorfsouroe used by US DefeJlse Secretary ~~Namarabulls information in his reeertt pre$cS ~uncement concel~g the Soviet FOBS (fr~ctio~i-orbit bommiddotbardment systemmiddot ~
middot man earliex ~onverTation Wi~l the s~emiddot UgtS att~che~ t~ middotGbief af~e $ oreign Liaisltgtnmiddot Sect~reg ef th~ Miinistry of Deiense tried to- find outfif anot~er Soviet ofiice~raquoo Chief Mar-sbullhal qf ArmoT P A Ro~stlovt ha9- t~Jkcentcl with the QS attamiddot oh~ middotaboJJtmiddot the US latmeh opound the SatUrn 5 on 9 Novemb~er USDAO Mosmiddotcow f(ZONFFBEl~TIAL
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middot significant
intellfgence
on space
dev~fopments
and tre-nds
Cos mos 174 Reassessed~ as PrO_beble middotcommunications Sateltite-lnstead of Failure
Cosmos 174 middotwhich the $middotoviets launched from Tyulatam into a highly ellipti~a-114-hou~ orbit p~ ~l Aug-ust was originally assessed as a possibl~ faltiluremiddot gmiddotJia Molniya-typ~ communic~tiortsshyrelay satellitemiddot middotit was injec-ted into a M-olniya-type bull orbit yet the Soviets announced it as a Cosntos series scientjfic r~search ~atell~te the Sov-iet~ poundteq11ent~y ass)ign Cosmos designations to satellites which fail to fnttction prop~r-ly _
_ lhe ~Qrllent~1l-Sses iftn~middotnt its th$t Sosmiddotmos 114 may not bav-e taiJeamiddot 1n its mas~Omiddotn aPd tlthat it ~Y lla~ a middotcom-mu-nkations -type ll)~S Smiddotion WhfcliC~nnot be defined middota t pres-enl (NORADbull (~EGRET)
Reece SaleH Ite Gosmosmiddot 193 De-or brood middot m
1Rev EarUer Than Expected middot Cosmos 193- a Sovi-et ileCce satellite which was launched
fr-om JlesetSk on Zti Novembel was de-o-rbited on 3 December aft~ r nearly 8 4ays n orbit De-oJbit occur-red on Rev 124 one rev-oluon eaJtlter than NOR-AD h-ad e~pemiddotc~ed impact probabJy middotoccuplusmnqed be~een 05 io -05-lS~Z- appa-ren~y s middotoliilmiddotewhat east of the normal tecov~ry area
The tea-Sltm for the slightly early de-orbit is not known (NOR AD) (SECR~middotf)
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Cosmos 194 js sovietsl 25th Military ReGCe Sateltil~ Launch this Yearmiddot~
CegtQno$ 194 whiQh was lallnehed ftom Piesets~ at about 1200Z~ 3 Demiddotc~mber~ imiddots th~ Soviels 25th ntilitary r~~issance
~ jf
s-atellite launch of 1967 all blt~3 have b-eltea 5UC~esspoundul There middot were ~3 Such launches laat yeE-ltr z opound which were Uil~r es
The SL-4 propulsion system (S-6 boo~ter-su~~imer plus Venik ~pper stag~) was used for CdsmomiddotJ 194bull
The new satiellite will probably be de-orbiteil tl December (NORAD) (SEGJtBg)
Relay of Spvtet Weather ~teimiddot H~e Data tomiddotus M~y Be DelayetfmiddotbymiddotPas~sing middotoJ ~egular Wmiddoteather Data middot
ThlaquoSoviets h~e net to date b~ able tomiddotmeet tile middot6-lioui d eadliJle on t~ansrnissmiddoti~n middot~ weath~1r~a~~Ui~e (lata ~o the DSequiJed by t)le 1962 ilJS-USSJR agre-ement on ~ ~ehange of wurthetsatelBte iniorlllatiou The reasons for ttlis d~lay hav~ ~ever be~en cleampJ b~t if~ ndw appeilrmiddots that this data is paSJjled to Nioscow centver ttegWar weathershy
bmiddot aff~q cir-Citits anl gets deay~i hy ~middot PClS~~ge ~pound ~1 Weatb~r aata 1 Themiddotmiddot Saviett inittau-$aciitnowledgea only that re~out o weatae~shy
sate~te a~a wa13 ~~Cmiddottgtmpli~he~ ~t ~O~QW No~ ~fi ~ve d~s~los~tJ that tij~y ~ e ~ec~Jvitt and ~rolt e~-~~ d~ta frmiddotom ~e~jthcent middotampateUitea at three lreg1onal middotcenters Qblms-k (neal Ma~~w) ~a~~rovsk arul NovosdbUsR They appareritly amiddotre having amporne dipoundpoundiltulfy in cotn~ishyeating the1data flmiddot om tl)e tW~middot out~ta~ilillns to the main s~tion at Qbninsk an a real4~e basis but lloRe tq solve this problern ~ middottne near future Sine~ ~ot~ ~barovsk (in the SoVi~t Fal $astJ aod Noyen1middot birsk (in ~middotentral Sj~~la) are ttegianal metec o~io~centa1 ~enter$ 1bullS0viees 1
Hyqrqmete()-Telo-gic-~~ SelVite~ it is li~ that tlleil- e~J cormnunication-s cireuiU are filled ~ nearly itllie~~ witb middotr~gular
metleorolqg1poundaL trmiddot afpound1~ whic~ m~~t iblaquoifyenen ~ highu Pto~ityr than I
weath~r-Slellite ciata since it 1s Cfgtncerned wmiddotith aafety af aircrapoundt t~afi~ wltbiD the u~ I
tCUJ (~Glt ~)
bulllfamiddot ~S~9~0~PPEO~~~------------~------------------------------- Imiddot R
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Soviets Want to Know Source of US Infomiddot on Soviet FOBS
A Soviet offi-cermiddot conversing with a tiS de~nse attache at a re~ent Japanese reception in Moscow evidently had been told tO determine the irlformatiorfsouroe used by US DefeJlse Secretary ~~Namarabulls information in his reeertt pre$cS ~uncement concel~g the Soviet FOBS (fr~ctio~i-orbit bommiddotbardment systemmiddot ~
middot man earliex ~onverTation Wi~l the s~emiddot UgtS att~che~ t~ middotGbief af~e $ oreign Liaisltgtnmiddot Sect~reg ef th~ Miinistry of Deiense tried to- find outfif anot~er Soviet ofiice~raquoo Chief Mar-sbullhal qf ArmoT P A Ro~stlovt ha9- t~Jkcentcl with the QS attamiddot oh~ middotaboJJtmiddot the US latmeh opound the SatUrn 5 on 9 Novemb~er USDAO Mosmiddotcow f(ZONFFBEl~TIAL
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Cosmos 194 js sovietsl 25th Military ReGCe Sateltil~ Launch this Yearmiddot~
CegtQno$ 194 whiQh was lallnehed ftom Piesets~ at about 1200Z~ 3 Demiddotc~mber~ imiddots th~ Soviels 25th ntilitary r~~issance
~ jf
s-atellite launch of 1967 all blt~3 have b-eltea 5UC~esspoundul There middot were ~3 Such launches laat yeE-ltr z opound which were Uil~r es
The SL-4 propulsion system (S-6 boo~ter-su~~imer plus Venik ~pper stag~) was used for CdsmomiddotJ 194bull
The new satiellite will probably be de-orbiteil tl December (NORAD) (SEGJtBg)
Relay of Spvtet Weather ~teimiddot H~e Data tomiddotus M~y Be DelayetfmiddotbymiddotPas~sing middotoJ ~egular Wmiddoteather Data middot
ThlaquoSoviets h~e net to date b~ able tomiddotmeet tile middot6-lioui d eadliJle on t~ansrnissmiddoti~n middot~ weath~1r~a~~Ui~e (lata ~o the DSequiJed by t)le 1962 ilJS-USSJR agre-ement on ~ ~ehange of wurthetsatelBte iniorlllatiou The reasons for ttlis d~lay hav~ ~ever be~en cleampJ b~t if~ ndw appeilrmiddots that this data is paSJjled to Nioscow centver ttegWar weathershy
bmiddot aff~q cir-Citits anl gets deay~i hy ~middot PClS~~ge ~pound ~1 Weatb~r aata 1 Themiddotmiddot Saviett inittau-$aciitnowledgea only that re~out o weatae~shy
sate~te a~a wa13 ~~Cmiddottgtmpli~he~ ~t ~O~QW No~ ~fi ~ve d~s~los~tJ that tij~y ~ e ~ec~Jvitt and ~rolt e~-~~ d~ta frmiddotom ~e~jthcent middotampateUitea at three lreg1onal middotcenters Qblms-k (neal Ma~~w) ~a~~rovsk arul NovosdbUsR They appareritly amiddotre having amporne dipoundpoundiltulfy in cotn~ishyeating the1data flmiddot om tl)e tW~middot out~ta~ilillns to the main s~tion at Qbninsk an a real4~e basis but lloRe tq solve this problern ~ middottne near future Sine~ ~ot~ ~barovsk (in the SoVi~t Fal $astJ aod Noyen1middot birsk (in ~middotentral Sj~~la) are ttegianal metec o~io~centa1 ~enter$ 1bullS0viees 1
Hyqrqmete()-Telo-gic-~~ SelVite~ it is li~ that tlleil- e~J cormnunication-s cireuiU are filled ~ nearly itllie~~ witb middotr~gular
metleorolqg1poundaL trmiddot afpound1~ whic~ m~~t iblaquoifyenen ~ highu Pto~ityr than I
weath~r-Slellite ciata since it 1s Cfgtncerned wmiddotith aafety af aircrapoundt t~afi~ wltbiD the u~ I
tCUJ (~Glt ~)
bulllfamiddot ~S~9~0~PPEO~~~------------~------------------------------- Imiddot R
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Soviets Want to Know Source of US Infomiddot on Soviet FOBS
A Soviet offi-cermiddot conversing with a tiS de~nse attache at a re~ent Japanese reception in Moscow evidently had been told tO determine the irlformatiorfsouroe used by US DefeJlse Secretary ~~Namarabulls information in his reeertt pre$cS ~uncement concel~g the Soviet FOBS (fr~ctio~i-orbit bommiddotbardment systemmiddot ~
middot man earliex ~onverTation Wi~l the s~emiddot UgtS att~che~ t~ middotGbief af~e $ oreign Liaisltgtnmiddot Sect~reg ef th~ Miinistry of Deiense tried to- find outfif anot~er Soviet ofiice~raquoo Chief Mar-sbullhal qf ArmoT P A Ro~stlovt ha9- t~Jkcentcl with the QS attamiddot oh~ middotaboJJtmiddot the US latmeh opound the SatUrn 5 on 9 Novemb~er USDAO Mosmiddotcow f(ZONFFBEl~TIAL
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Soviets Want to Know Source of US Infomiddot on Soviet FOBS
A Soviet offi-cermiddot conversing with a tiS de~nse attache at a re~ent Japanese reception in Moscow evidently had been told tO determine the irlformatiorfsouroe used by US DefeJlse Secretary ~~Namarabulls information in his reeertt pre$cS ~uncement concel~g the Soviet FOBS (fr~ctio~i-orbit bommiddotbardment systemmiddot ~
middot man earliex ~onverTation Wi~l the s~emiddot UgtS att~che~ t~ middotGbief af~e $ oreign Liaisltgtnmiddot Sect~reg ef th~ Miinistry of Deiense tried to- find outfif anot~er Soviet ofiice~raquoo Chief Mar-sbullhal qf ArmoT P A Ro~stlovt ha9- t~Jkcentcl with the QS attamiddot oh~ middotaboJJtmiddot the US latmeh opound the SatUrn 5 on 9 Novemb~er USDAO Mosmiddotcow f(ZONFFBEl~TIAL
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