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ISCAP APPEAL NO 2009-068 document no 186 DECLASSIFICATION DATE May 142015
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fOROff1ClAL USE ONLY
I I_ SECRET
COMMUNIST MILITARY CAP AmiddotBI LIT IES
Soviet ELINT
WIR 3067 i8 J~l 1967
Portion i_dentified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal
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current deveJopments and trends in the armed forces of the Communist World
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secre t
Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal bull
SEaceborne C ollection Wbenthe SovieJ~ begamiddotn to l aW)ch th~jr rec(gtve~able Cosmos s atellites in 19middot62_ it was s~_p~~te~ pat these craft weTe reco~~samiddotIUle vehicles probably middotcar~ying cam~ras and p0ssibly ELINT coUection gear Camera a c tivity was identifi ed lat an ear ly date
I 50Xl and 3 E013526 I
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1 teeret _~~~~~~~------~----------------------~ ~ 50Xl and 3 E013526 middot
Evidence pf ELINT collection was first discQwred _1--=--------=------___~ from C osn1os 32 which was launched in June 1964 Later analys es indicated that the recoverable Co~oses which earry meltlium-xesolution camera symiddotstezns a s a rule are also ELINT collcktors
bull The vehicle had ~en monitoring a ground- bas ed rotating so~rce such as the antelllla of a search radar) middot
bull
bull
bull TheI Ir~adouf p robably r epresmiddotented only a ftaction ol the
ELINT collected enough to assure ground c ontxolle r s that the payload was working properly and possibly to in programing ope1middotations on fo r thshycoming orbits The main data 11takef1 undolhtedly was recorded on tapes to be reeovt~ed along with the photorcece filtn apoundter -ozbit of the sateUite
No E LINT -type I Ihas beet~ detected yet from the high-resoluti6n photo tmiddotecce Cosmos es although it is pos$lble that these vehicl~~ also collect liLINT but do so without revealing their operations ih l I
Satellite-borne ELINT colle~tion i~ advantageous in that it permits
bull
bull
bull
1 Viewing 11 a given ~mi~r as rt)any asmiddotfour timea per day ii desired
GoUection on a line-of sight has~s oi ernissions from areas which cannot be r eached by any other meanS Coverage of vast area~ during each origtit
The ~pecipoundic capabilities of this ELINT system ar~ not l)r middoteaently k nQwn however they tnay be less proficient than other collection systems
Since th~re have been m omiddotre thafl 40 opound these flights m ost of thexn las ting about eight days each the SiWiets should have already c9llected a good clata b ase on Free World rad~1-emitter characteris t ics They also 111ay llave been able ov~r the year$~ to chart the development in at indiviltiual sites r---middot A new type o BLINT satellitcent rna)( hav~ appeared recently I I ____ _ICosmos lH and Cosmos 158 (launched 24 Malch and 15 May tbullespectively) is indic ative of recorm~issance ph0torecce is n ot likely because the olbi~al altitudes of th~se vehicles (over 300 n m) are too high pound~i best results ELINT wovld ~~em to b middote the mpst liltely mis ~ion H oweve r neithe r of these
A ve-hicle$ appear s t o be r ec overable tliis means that all data collec ted l I ~ with a consequent loss o secur~ty
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5 secre=t WIR 3067 ZS Jul 1967
secret
The d~s~~n of a satelllte especially pound~r ELINT cmiddotonecion wo~ld p~obaoly r esult i n more detailed colle~tio~
[ Portion identified as non- l I responsive to the appea l I
I
6 WIR lfJ~7 Z8 ful 1967
Conclu s ions
bull The SogtVi e t E~INT program is extensive and diversiiied it carries a high priority
bull
bull
bull
bull
$ovi et stat e - o-1- the - art for intercept a-nd analysis of radaT signals i s r ated as slightly b elow US capahilities1 but its minor de shyfici encies are middotc ompensated poundor by data o btained from othe r Soviet inte lligenc e sourc es The So-ieb h ave aheady obtaineltl a great deal oi infcrlnation on NORAD s sensors t h rough mtercepts made by ELINT equipshyrrtent c a r ried by sateilite s surfac e vessels alld aircrapoundt Most if not a lJ ECCM i)(ee of a r adiating type a r e probably known t o the Soviets Wh ile i t m ay not be possible to de ny the Soviets inform ati on on the technical capa b ili ties of NORAD equipment it maymiddot he f eiitsible and d esira ble to protect certain tactics and manners of employ shyroe11t The Soviet ELINT effort has been an impor tant factor in the notablep rog r e$s which the OSSR ~~ made inred u c ing the West s once shyimpresrdve lead in eleetrmiddotonic s in general
(NORAD ) -(S E CR E TJ
Non respons ive portion
7 secret W IR 30 67 2middot8 Jul 1967
SECRET
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sign ificant
inteUigence
on space
developments
and trends
Secpnd Probable Photorecce SatelliteC ~
1pound) M
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launch Failure of 19amp7 Detected~An allpatent Sovil~t attthn pt te launch a spacecraft from Tyurltam
at about 0602Z 21 Jtily failed 11$ sen$aJi ch~tected a lau1lCh
L-----~~ but spacetracking radars did not detect any new Sov~et spacecrapoundt itt orbit
The craft launched was prmbably a photo r ec~mnaiss ance satellite
e JauQcl w aamp tiue t~ of hmiddot wl~~ltws tiharact~~Pfizea the Soviet
pmiddotrograra f~~ the past l8 monthscmiddotlto$tnOS l6S th iatfit iilmiddotthe series was laUncrte~middot 4 July and de- middot orbited 12 July
bull Tlie SL-~~ launcb system SS and Venjk uppe r stage) hiits been used in a il launches of high- resolution photo shyrecce satellites and em four occasions ior launches of rnediu-m-re~olution photor~cceELINT satellites It has oi course figured in other types of s pace l~unches a~ well
Ihia is thf second ilJ)parent fa iluxe of a Saviet photorecce sateiUteshy~~lurthiampyea r the flrsmiddott~ecrurtedltvl 20 Jlne Ab0rtive tni$Sions tbis ctltl~e toge~tr in tim-e arelhlslal The ore--r-all aaunch suceess rate poundor this prog~middot aap is ~ve r 90-of There were two faUutes last y ear one in May and one in September middot middot (NORADDIA) (SECRBT)
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fOROff1ClAL USE ONLY
I I_ SECRET
COMMUNIST MILITARY CAP AmiddotBI LIT IES
Soviet ELINT
WIR 3067 i8 J~l 1967
Portion i_dentified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal
Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal
-ZshySpoundCRpoundl
current deveJopments and trends in the armed forces of the Communist World
bull
secre t
Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal bull
SEaceborne C ollection Wbenthe SovieJ~ begamiddotn to l aW)ch th~jr rec(gtve~able Cosmos s atellites in 19middot62_ it was s~_p~~te~ pat these craft weTe reco~~samiddotIUle vehicles probably middotcar~ying cam~ras and p0ssibly ELINT coUection gear Camera a c tivity was identifi ed lat an ear ly date
I 50Xl and 3 E013526 I
4 2ampJul l 967
1 teeret _~~~~~~~------~----------------------~ ~ 50Xl and 3 E013526 middot
Evidence pf ELINT collection was first discQwred _1--=--------=------___~ from C osn1os 32 which was launched in June 1964 Later analys es indicated that the recoverable Co~oses which earry meltlium-xesolution camera symiddotstezns a s a rule are also ELINT collcktors
bull The vehicle had ~en monitoring a ground- bas ed rotating so~rce such as the antelllla of a search radar) middot
bull
bull
bull TheI Ir~adouf p robably r epresmiddotented only a ftaction ol the
ELINT collected enough to assure ground c ontxolle r s that the payload was working properly and possibly to in programing ope1middotations on fo r thshycoming orbits The main data 11takef1 undolhtedly was recorded on tapes to be reeovt~ed along with the photorcece filtn apoundter -ozbit of the sateUite
No E LINT -type I Ihas beet~ detected yet from the high-resoluti6n photo tmiddotecce Cosmos es although it is pos$lble that these vehicl~~ also collect liLINT but do so without revealing their operations ih l I
Satellite-borne ELINT colle~tion i~ advantageous in that it permits
bull
bull
bull
1 Viewing 11 a given ~mi~r as rt)any asmiddotfour timea per day ii desired
GoUection on a line-of sight has~s oi ernissions from areas which cannot be r eached by any other meanS Coverage of vast area~ during each origtit
The ~pecipoundic capabilities of this ELINT system ar~ not l)r middoteaently k nQwn however they tnay be less proficient than other collection systems
Since th~re have been m omiddotre thafl 40 opound these flights m ost of thexn las ting about eight days each the SiWiets should have already c9llected a good clata b ase on Free World rad~1-emitter characteris t ics They also 111ay llave been able ov~r the year$~ to chart the development in at indiviltiual sites r---middot A new type o BLINT satellitcent rna)( hav~ appeared recently I I ____ _ICosmos lH and Cosmos 158 (launched 24 Malch and 15 May tbullespectively) is indic ative of recorm~issance ph0torecce is n ot likely because the olbi~al altitudes of th~se vehicles (over 300 n m) are too high pound~i best results ELINT wovld ~~em to b middote the mpst liltely mis ~ion H oweve r neithe r of these
A ve-hicle$ appear s t o be r ec overable tliis means that all data collec ted l I ~ with a consequent loss o secur~ty
L-----------------------------~ -------------------- I 50Xl and 3 E013526
5 secre=t WIR 3067 ZS Jul 1967
secret
The d~s~~n of a satelllte especially pound~r ELINT cmiddotonecion wo~ld p~obaoly r esult i n more detailed colle~tio~
[ Portion identified as non- l I responsive to the appea l I
I
6 WIR lfJ~7 Z8 ful 1967
Conclu s ions
bull The SogtVi e t E~INT program is extensive and diversiiied it carries a high priority
bull
bull
bull
bull
$ovi et stat e - o-1- the - art for intercept a-nd analysis of radaT signals i s r ated as slightly b elow US capahilities1 but its minor de shyfici encies are middotc ompensated poundor by data o btained from othe r Soviet inte lligenc e sourc es The So-ieb h ave aheady obtaineltl a great deal oi infcrlnation on NORAD s sensors t h rough mtercepts made by ELINT equipshyrrtent c a r ried by sateilite s surfac e vessels alld aircrapoundt Most if not a lJ ECCM i)(ee of a r adiating type a r e probably known t o the Soviets Wh ile i t m ay not be possible to de ny the Soviets inform ati on on the technical capa b ili ties of NORAD equipment it maymiddot he f eiitsible and d esira ble to protect certain tactics and manners of employ shyroe11t The Soviet ELINT effort has been an impor tant factor in the notablep rog r e$s which the OSSR ~~ made inred u c ing the West s once shyimpresrdve lead in eleetrmiddotonic s in general
(NORAD ) -(S E CR E TJ
Non respons ive portion
7 secret W IR 30 67 2middot8 Jul 1967
SECRET
bull
bull
sign ificant
inteUigence
on space
developments
and trends
Secpnd Probable Photorecce SatelliteC ~
1pound) M
0 ~ M 0
= ~
~ 0 1pound)
launch Failure of 19amp7 Detected~An allpatent Sovil~t attthn pt te launch a spacecraft from Tyurltam
at about 0602Z 21 Jtily failed 11$ sen$aJi ch~tected a lau1lCh
L-----~~ but spacetracking radars did not detect any new Sov~et spacecrapoundt itt orbit
The craft launched was prmbably a photo r ec~mnaiss ance satellite
e JauQcl w aamp tiue t~ of hmiddot wl~~ltws tiharact~~Pfizea the Soviet
pmiddotrograra f~~ the past l8 monthscmiddotlto$tnOS l6S th iatfit iilmiddotthe series was laUncrte~middot 4 July and de- middot orbited 12 July
bull Tlie SL-~~ launcb system SS and Venjk uppe r stage) hiits been used in a il launches of high- resolution photo shyrecce satellites and em four occasions ior launches of rnediu-m-re~olution photor~cceELINT satellites It has oi course figured in other types of s pace l~unches a~ well
Ihia is thf second ilJ)parent fa iluxe of a Saviet photorecce sateiUteshy~~lurthiampyea r the flrsmiddott~ecrurtedltvl 20 Jlne Ab0rtive tni$Sions tbis ctltl~e toge~tr in tim-e arelhlslal The ore--r-all aaunch suceess rate poundor this prog~middot aap is ~ve r 90-of There were two faUutes last y ear one in May and one in September middot middot (NORADDIA) (SECRBT)
tw(Y per
WlR 3067 28 Jul 1967 SEGREf
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I I_ SECRET
COMMUNIST MILITARY CAP AmiddotBI LIT IES
Soviet ELINT
WIR 3067 i8 J~l 1967
Portion i_dentified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal
Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal
-ZshySpoundCRpoundl
current deveJopments and trends in the armed forces of the Communist World
bull
secre t
Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal bull
SEaceborne C ollection Wbenthe SovieJ~ begamiddotn to l aW)ch th~jr rec(gtve~able Cosmos s atellites in 19middot62_ it was s~_p~~te~ pat these craft weTe reco~~samiddotIUle vehicles probably middotcar~ying cam~ras and p0ssibly ELINT coUection gear Camera a c tivity was identifi ed lat an ear ly date
I 50Xl and 3 E013526 I
4 2ampJul l 967
1 teeret _~~~~~~~------~----------------------~ ~ 50Xl and 3 E013526 middot
Evidence pf ELINT collection was first discQwred _1--=--------=------___~ from C osn1os 32 which was launched in June 1964 Later analys es indicated that the recoverable Co~oses which earry meltlium-xesolution camera symiddotstezns a s a rule are also ELINT collcktors
bull The vehicle had ~en monitoring a ground- bas ed rotating so~rce such as the antelllla of a search radar) middot
bull
bull
bull TheI Ir~adouf p robably r epresmiddotented only a ftaction ol the
ELINT collected enough to assure ground c ontxolle r s that the payload was working properly and possibly to in programing ope1middotations on fo r thshycoming orbits The main data 11takef1 undolhtedly was recorded on tapes to be reeovt~ed along with the photorcece filtn apoundter -ozbit of the sateUite
No E LINT -type I Ihas beet~ detected yet from the high-resoluti6n photo tmiddotecce Cosmos es although it is pos$lble that these vehicl~~ also collect liLINT but do so without revealing their operations ih l I
Satellite-borne ELINT colle~tion i~ advantageous in that it permits
bull
bull
bull
1 Viewing 11 a given ~mi~r as rt)any asmiddotfour timea per day ii desired
GoUection on a line-of sight has~s oi ernissions from areas which cannot be r eached by any other meanS Coverage of vast area~ during each origtit
The ~pecipoundic capabilities of this ELINT system ar~ not l)r middoteaently k nQwn however they tnay be less proficient than other collection systems
Since th~re have been m omiddotre thafl 40 opound these flights m ost of thexn las ting about eight days each the SiWiets should have already c9llected a good clata b ase on Free World rad~1-emitter characteris t ics They also 111ay llave been able ov~r the year$~ to chart the development in at indiviltiual sites r---middot A new type o BLINT satellitcent rna)( hav~ appeared recently I I ____ _ICosmos lH and Cosmos 158 (launched 24 Malch and 15 May tbullespectively) is indic ative of recorm~issance ph0torecce is n ot likely because the olbi~al altitudes of th~se vehicles (over 300 n m) are too high pound~i best results ELINT wovld ~~em to b middote the mpst liltely mis ~ion H oweve r neithe r of these
A ve-hicle$ appear s t o be r ec overable tliis means that all data collec ted l I ~ with a consequent loss o secur~ty
L-----------------------------~ -------------------- I 50Xl and 3 E013526
5 secre=t WIR 3067 ZS Jul 1967
secret
The d~s~~n of a satelllte especially pound~r ELINT cmiddotonecion wo~ld p~obaoly r esult i n more detailed colle~tio~
[ Portion identified as non- l I responsive to the appea l I
I
6 WIR lfJ~7 Z8 ful 1967
Conclu s ions
bull The SogtVi e t E~INT program is extensive and diversiiied it carries a high priority
bull
bull
bull
bull
$ovi et stat e - o-1- the - art for intercept a-nd analysis of radaT signals i s r ated as slightly b elow US capahilities1 but its minor de shyfici encies are middotc ompensated poundor by data o btained from othe r Soviet inte lligenc e sourc es The So-ieb h ave aheady obtaineltl a great deal oi infcrlnation on NORAD s sensors t h rough mtercepts made by ELINT equipshyrrtent c a r ried by sateilite s surfac e vessels alld aircrapoundt Most if not a lJ ECCM i)(ee of a r adiating type a r e probably known t o the Soviets Wh ile i t m ay not be possible to de ny the Soviets inform ati on on the technical capa b ili ties of NORAD equipment it maymiddot he f eiitsible and d esira ble to protect certain tactics and manners of employ shyroe11t The Soviet ELINT effort has been an impor tant factor in the notablep rog r e$s which the OSSR ~~ made inred u c ing the West s once shyimpresrdve lead in eleetrmiddotonic s in general
(NORAD ) -(S E CR E TJ
Non respons ive portion
7 secret W IR 30 67 2middot8 Jul 1967
SECRET
bull
bull
sign ificant
inteUigence
on space
developments
and trends
Secpnd Probable Photorecce SatelliteC ~
1pound) M
0 ~ M 0
= ~
~ 0 1pound)
launch Failure of 19amp7 Detected~An allpatent Sovil~t attthn pt te launch a spacecraft from Tyurltam
at about 0602Z 21 Jtily failed 11$ sen$aJi ch~tected a lau1lCh
L-----~~ but spacetracking radars did not detect any new Sov~et spacecrapoundt itt orbit
The craft launched was prmbably a photo r ec~mnaiss ance satellite
e JauQcl w aamp tiue t~ of hmiddot wl~~ltws tiharact~~Pfizea the Soviet
pmiddotrograra f~~ the past l8 monthscmiddotlto$tnOS l6S th iatfit iilmiddotthe series was laUncrte~middot 4 July and de- middot orbited 12 July
bull Tlie SL-~~ launcb system SS and Venjk uppe r stage) hiits been used in a il launches of high- resolution photo shyrecce satellites and em four occasions ior launches of rnediu-m-re~olution photor~cceELINT satellites It has oi course figured in other types of s pace l~unches a~ well
Ihia is thf second ilJ)parent fa iluxe of a Saviet photorecce sateiUteshy~~lurthiampyea r the flrsmiddott~ecrurtedltvl 20 Jlne Ab0rtive tni$Sions tbis ctltl~e toge~tr in tim-e arelhlslal The ore--r-all aaunch suceess rate poundor this prog~middot aap is ~ve r 90-of There were two faUutes last y ear one in May and one in September middot middot (NORADDIA) (SECRBT)
tw(Y per
WlR 3067 28 Jul 1967 SEGREf
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secre t
Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal bull
SEaceborne C ollection Wbenthe SovieJ~ begamiddotn to l aW)ch th~jr rec(gtve~able Cosmos s atellites in 19middot62_ it was s~_p~~te~ pat these craft weTe reco~~samiddotIUle vehicles probably middotcar~ying cam~ras and p0ssibly ELINT coUection gear Camera a c tivity was identifi ed lat an ear ly date
I 50Xl and 3 E013526 I
4 2ampJul l 967
1 teeret _~~~~~~~------~----------------------~ ~ 50Xl and 3 E013526 middot
Evidence pf ELINT collection was first discQwred _1--=--------=------___~ from C osn1os 32 which was launched in June 1964 Later analys es indicated that the recoverable Co~oses which earry meltlium-xesolution camera symiddotstezns a s a rule are also ELINT collcktors
bull The vehicle had ~en monitoring a ground- bas ed rotating so~rce such as the antelllla of a search radar) middot
bull
bull
bull TheI Ir~adouf p robably r epresmiddotented only a ftaction ol the
ELINT collected enough to assure ground c ontxolle r s that the payload was working properly and possibly to in programing ope1middotations on fo r thshycoming orbits The main data 11takef1 undolhtedly was recorded on tapes to be reeovt~ed along with the photorcece filtn apoundter -ozbit of the sateUite
No E LINT -type I Ihas beet~ detected yet from the high-resoluti6n photo tmiddotecce Cosmos es although it is pos$lble that these vehicl~~ also collect liLINT but do so without revealing their operations ih l I
Satellite-borne ELINT colle~tion i~ advantageous in that it permits
bull
bull
bull
1 Viewing 11 a given ~mi~r as rt)any asmiddotfour timea per day ii desired
GoUection on a line-of sight has~s oi ernissions from areas which cannot be r eached by any other meanS Coverage of vast area~ during each origtit
The ~pecipoundic capabilities of this ELINT system ar~ not l)r middoteaently k nQwn however they tnay be less proficient than other collection systems
Since th~re have been m omiddotre thafl 40 opound these flights m ost of thexn las ting about eight days each the SiWiets should have already c9llected a good clata b ase on Free World rad~1-emitter characteris t ics They also 111ay llave been able ov~r the year$~ to chart the development in at indiviltiual sites r---middot A new type o BLINT satellitcent rna)( hav~ appeared recently I I ____ _ICosmos lH and Cosmos 158 (launched 24 Malch and 15 May tbullespectively) is indic ative of recorm~issance ph0torecce is n ot likely because the olbi~al altitudes of th~se vehicles (over 300 n m) are too high pound~i best results ELINT wovld ~~em to b middote the mpst liltely mis ~ion H oweve r neithe r of these
A ve-hicle$ appear s t o be r ec overable tliis means that all data collec ted l I ~ with a consequent loss o secur~ty
L-----------------------------~ -------------------- I 50Xl and 3 E013526
5 secre=t WIR 3067 ZS Jul 1967
secret
The d~s~~n of a satelllte especially pound~r ELINT cmiddotonecion wo~ld p~obaoly r esult i n more detailed colle~tio~
[ Portion identified as non- l I responsive to the appea l I
I
6 WIR lfJ~7 Z8 ful 1967
Conclu s ions
bull The SogtVi e t E~INT program is extensive and diversiiied it carries a high priority
bull
bull
bull
bull
$ovi et stat e - o-1- the - art for intercept a-nd analysis of radaT signals i s r ated as slightly b elow US capahilities1 but its minor de shyfici encies are middotc ompensated poundor by data o btained from othe r Soviet inte lligenc e sourc es The So-ieb h ave aheady obtaineltl a great deal oi infcrlnation on NORAD s sensors t h rough mtercepts made by ELINT equipshyrrtent c a r ried by sateilite s surfac e vessels alld aircrapoundt Most if not a lJ ECCM i)(ee of a r adiating type a r e probably known t o the Soviets Wh ile i t m ay not be possible to de ny the Soviets inform ati on on the technical capa b ili ties of NORAD equipment it maymiddot he f eiitsible and d esira ble to protect certain tactics and manners of employ shyroe11t The Soviet ELINT effort has been an impor tant factor in the notablep rog r e$s which the OSSR ~~ made inred u c ing the West s once shyimpresrdve lead in eleetrmiddotonic s in general
(NORAD ) -(S E CR E TJ
Non respons ive portion
7 secret W IR 30 67 2middot8 Jul 1967
SECRET
bull
bull
sign ificant
inteUigence
on space
developments
and trends
Secpnd Probable Photorecce SatelliteC ~
1pound) M
0 ~ M 0
= ~
~ 0 1pound)
launch Failure of 19amp7 Detected~An allpatent Sovil~t attthn pt te launch a spacecraft from Tyurltam
at about 0602Z 21 Jtily failed 11$ sen$aJi ch~tected a lau1lCh
L-----~~ but spacetracking radars did not detect any new Sov~et spacecrapoundt itt orbit
The craft launched was prmbably a photo r ec~mnaiss ance satellite
e JauQcl w aamp tiue t~ of hmiddot wl~~ltws tiharact~~Pfizea the Soviet
pmiddotrograra f~~ the past l8 monthscmiddotlto$tnOS l6S th iatfit iilmiddotthe series was laUncrte~middot 4 July and de- middot orbited 12 July
bull Tlie SL-~~ launcb system SS and Venjk uppe r stage) hiits been used in a il launches of high- resolution photo shyrecce satellites and em four occasions ior launches of rnediu-m-re~olution photor~cceELINT satellites It has oi course figured in other types of s pace l~unches a~ well
Ihia is thf second ilJ)parent fa iluxe of a Saviet photorecce sateiUteshy~~lurthiampyea r the flrsmiddott~ecrurtedltvl 20 Jlne Ab0rtive tni$Sions tbis ctltl~e toge~tr in tim-e arelhlslal The ore--r-all aaunch suceess rate poundor this prog~middot aap is ~ve r 90-of There were two faUutes last y ear one in May and one in September middot middot (NORADDIA) (SECRBT)
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1 teeret _~~~~~~~------~----------------------~ ~ 50Xl and 3 E013526 middot
Evidence pf ELINT collection was first discQwred _1--=--------=------___~ from C osn1os 32 which was launched in June 1964 Later analys es indicated that the recoverable Co~oses which earry meltlium-xesolution camera symiddotstezns a s a rule are also ELINT collcktors
bull The vehicle had ~en monitoring a ground- bas ed rotating so~rce such as the antelllla of a search radar) middot
bull
bull
bull TheI Ir~adouf p robably r epresmiddotented only a ftaction ol the
ELINT collected enough to assure ground c ontxolle r s that the payload was working properly and possibly to in programing ope1middotations on fo r thshycoming orbits The main data 11takef1 undolhtedly was recorded on tapes to be reeovt~ed along with the photorcece filtn apoundter -ozbit of the sateUite
No E LINT -type I Ihas beet~ detected yet from the high-resoluti6n photo tmiddotecce Cosmos es although it is pos$lble that these vehicl~~ also collect liLINT but do so without revealing their operations ih l I
Satellite-borne ELINT colle~tion i~ advantageous in that it permits
bull
bull
bull
1 Viewing 11 a given ~mi~r as rt)any asmiddotfour timea per day ii desired
GoUection on a line-of sight has~s oi ernissions from areas which cannot be r eached by any other meanS Coverage of vast area~ during each origtit
The ~pecipoundic capabilities of this ELINT system ar~ not l)r middoteaently k nQwn however they tnay be less proficient than other collection systems
Since th~re have been m omiddotre thafl 40 opound these flights m ost of thexn las ting about eight days each the SiWiets should have already c9llected a good clata b ase on Free World rad~1-emitter characteris t ics They also 111ay llave been able ov~r the year$~ to chart the development in at indiviltiual sites r---middot A new type o BLINT satellitcent rna)( hav~ appeared recently I I ____ _ICosmos lH and Cosmos 158 (launched 24 Malch and 15 May tbullespectively) is indic ative of recorm~issance ph0torecce is n ot likely because the olbi~al altitudes of th~se vehicles (over 300 n m) are too high pound~i best results ELINT wovld ~~em to b middote the mpst liltely mis ~ion H oweve r neithe r of these
A ve-hicle$ appear s t o be r ec overable tliis means that all data collec ted l I ~ with a consequent loss o secur~ty
L-----------------------------~ -------------------- I 50Xl and 3 E013526
5 secre=t WIR 3067 ZS Jul 1967
secret
The d~s~~n of a satelllte especially pound~r ELINT cmiddotonecion wo~ld p~obaoly r esult i n more detailed colle~tio~
[ Portion identified as non- l I responsive to the appea l I
I
6 WIR lfJ~7 Z8 ful 1967
Conclu s ions
bull The SogtVi e t E~INT program is extensive and diversiiied it carries a high priority
bull
bull
bull
bull
$ovi et stat e - o-1- the - art for intercept a-nd analysis of radaT signals i s r ated as slightly b elow US capahilities1 but its minor de shyfici encies are middotc ompensated poundor by data o btained from othe r Soviet inte lligenc e sourc es The So-ieb h ave aheady obtaineltl a great deal oi infcrlnation on NORAD s sensors t h rough mtercepts made by ELINT equipshyrrtent c a r ried by sateilite s surfac e vessels alld aircrapoundt Most if not a lJ ECCM i)(ee of a r adiating type a r e probably known t o the Soviets Wh ile i t m ay not be possible to de ny the Soviets inform ati on on the technical capa b ili ties of NORAD equipment it maymiddot he f eiitsible and d esira ble to protect certain tactics and manners of employ shyroe11t The Soviet ELINT effort has been an impor tant factor in the notablep rog r e$s which the OSSR ~~ made inred u c ing the West s once shyimpresrdve lead in eleetrmiddotonic s in general
(NORAD ) -(S E CR E TJ
Non respons ive portion
7 secret W IR 30 67 2middot8 Jul 1967
SECRET
bull
bull
sign ificant
inteUigence
on space
developments
and trends
Secpnd Probable Photorecce SatelliteC ~
1pound) M
0 ~ M 0
= ~
~ 0 1pound)
launch Failure of 19amp7 Detected~An allpatent Sovil~t attthn pt te launch a spacecraft from Tyurltam
at about 0602Z 21 Jtily failed 11$ sen$aJi ch~tected a lau1lCh
L-----~~ but spacetracking radars did not detect any new Sov~et spacecrapoundt itt orbit
The craft launched was prmbably a photo r ec~mnaiss ance satellite
e JauQcl w aamp tiue t~ of hmiddot wl~~ltws tiharact~~Pfizea the Soviet
pmiddotrograra f~~ the past l8 monthscmiddotlto$tnOS l6S th iatfit iilmiddotthe series was laUncrte~middot 4 July and de- middot orbited 12 July
bull Tlie SL-~~ launcb system SS and Venjk uppe r stage) hiits been used in a il launches of high- resolution photo shyrecce satellites and em four occasions ior launches of rnediu-m-re~olution photor~cceELINT satellites It has oi course figured in other types of s pace l~unches a~ well
Ihia is thf second ilJ)parent fa iluxe of a Saviet photorecce sateiUteshy~~lurthiampyea r the flrsmiddott~ecrurtedltvl 20 Jlne Ab0rtive tni$Sions tbis ctltl~e toge~tr in tim-e arelhlslal The ore--r-all aaunch suceess rate poundor this prog~middot aap is ~ve r 90-of There were two faUutes last y ear one in May and one in September middot middot (NORADDIA) (SECRBT)
tw(Y per
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secret
The d~s~~n of a satelllte especially pound~r ELINT cmiddotonecion wo~ld p~obaoly r esult i n more detailed colle~tio~
[ Portion identified as non- l I responsive to the appea l I
I
6 WIR lfJ~7 Z8 ful 1967
Conclu s ions
bull The SogtVi e t E~INT program is extensive and diversiiied it carries a high priority
bull
bull
bull
bull
$ovi et stat e - o-1- the - art for intercept a-nd analysis of radaT signals i s r ated as slightly b elow US capahilities1 but its minor de shyfici encies are middotc ompensated poundor by data o btained from othe r Soviet inte lligenc e sourc es The So-ieb h ave aheady obtaineltl a great deal oi infcrlnation on NORAD s sensors t h rough mtercepts made by ELINT equipshyrrtent c a r ried by sateilite s surfac e vessels alld aircrapoundt Most if not a lJ ECCM i)(ee of a r adiating type a r e probably known t o the Soviets Wh ile i t m ay not be possible to de ny the Soviets inform ati on on the technical capa b ili ties of NORAD equipment it maymiddot he f eiitsible and d esira ble to protect certain tactics and manners of employ shyroe11t The Soviet ELINT effort has been an impor tant factor in the notablep rog r e$s which the OSSR ~~ made inred u c ing the West s once shyimpresrdve lead in eleetrmiddotonic s in general
(NORAD ) -(S E CR E TJ
Non respons ive portion
7 secret W IR 30 67 2middot8 Jul 1967
SECRET
bull
bull
sign ificant
inteUigence
on space
developments
and trends
Secpnd Probable Photorecce SatelliteC ~
1pound) M
0 ~ M 0
= ~
~ 0 1pound)
launch Failure of 19amp7 Detected~An allpatent Sovil~t attthn pt te launch a spacecraft from Tyurltam
at about 0602Z 21 Jtily failed 11$ sen$aJi ch~tected a lau1lCh
L-----~~ but spacetracking radars did not detect any new Sov~et spacecrapoundt itt orbit
The craft launched was prmbably a photo r ec~mnaiss ance satellite
e JauQcl w aamp tiue t~ of hmiddot wl~~ltws tiharact~~Pfizea the Soviet
pmiddotrograra f~~ the past l8 monthscmiddotlto$tnOS l6S th iatfit iilmiddotthe series was laUncrte~middot 4 July and de- middot orbited 12 July
bull Tlie SL-~~ launcb system SS and Venjk uppe r stage) hiits been used in a il launches of high- resolution photo shyrecce satellites and em four occasions ior launches of rnediu-m-re~olution photor~cceELINT satellites It has oi course figured in other types of s pace l~unches a~ well
Ihia is thf second ilJ)parent fa iluxe of a Saviet photorecce sateiUteshy~~lurthiampyea r the flrsmiddott~ecrurtedltvl 20 Jlne Ab0rtive tni$Sions tbis ctltl~e toge~tr in tim-e arelhlslal The ore--r-all aaunch suceess rate poundor this prog~middot aap is ~ve r 90-of There were two faUutes last y ear one in May and one in September middot middot (NORADDIA) (SECRBT)
tw(Y per
WlR 3067 28 Jul 1967 SEGREf
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Conclu s ions
bull The SogtVi e t E~INT program is extensive and diversiiied it carries a high priority
bull
bull
bull
bull
$ovi et stat e - o-1- the - art for intercept a-nd analysis of radaT signals i s r ated as slightly b elow US capahilities1 but its minor de shyfici encies are middotc ompensated poundor by data o btained from othe r Soviet inte lligenc e sourc es The So-ieb h ave aheady obtaineltl a great deal oi infcrlnation on NORAD s sensors t h rough mtercepts made by ELINT equipshyrrtent c a r ried by sateilite s surfac e vessels alld aircrapoundt Most if not a lJ ECCM i)(ee of a r adiating type a r e probably known t o the Soviets Wh ile i t m ay not be possible to de ny the Soviets inform ati on on the technical capa b ili ties of NORAD equipment it maymiddot he f eiitsible and d esira ble to protect certain tactics and manners of employ shyroe11t The Soviet ELINT effort has been an impor tant factor in the notablep rog r e$s which the OSSR ~~ made inred u c ing the West s once shyimpresrdve lead in eleetrmiddotonic s in general
(NORAD ) -(S E CR E TJ
Non respons ive portion
7 secret W IR 30 67 2middot8 Jul 1967
SECRET
bull
bull
sign ificant
inteUigence
on space
developments
and trends
Secpnd Probable Photorecce SatelliteC ~
1pound) M
0 ~ M 0
= ~
~ 0 1pound)
launch Failure of 19amp7 Detected~An allpatent Sovil~t attthn pt te launch a spacecraft from Tyurltam
at about 0602Z 21 Jtily failed 11$ sen$aJi ch~tected a lau1lCh
L-----~~ but spacetracking radars did not detect any new Sov~et spacecrapoundt itt orbit
The craft launched was prmbably a photo r ec~mnaiss ance satellite
e JauQcl w aamp tiue t~ of hmiddot wl~~ltws tiharact~~Pfizea the Soviet
pmiddotrograra f~~ the past l8 monthscmiddotlto$tnOS l6S th iatfit iilmiddotthe series was laUncrte~middot 4 July and de- middot orbited 12 July
bull Tlie SL-~~ launcb system SS and Venjk uppe r stage) hiits been used in a il launches of high- resolution photo shyrecce satellites and em four occasions ior launches of rnediu-m-re~olution photor~cceELINT satellites It has oi course figured in other types of s pace l~unches a~ well
Ihia is thf second ilJ)parent fa iluxe of a Saviet photorecce sateiUteshy~~lurthiampyea r the flrsmiddott~ecrurtedltvl 20 Jlne Ab0rtive tni$Sions tbis ctltl~e toge~tr in tim-e arelhlslal The ore--r-all aaunch suceess rate poundor this prog~middot aap is ~ve r 90-of There were two faUutes last y ear one in May and one in September middot middot (NORADDIA) (SECRBT)
tw(Y per
WlR 3067 28 Jul 1967 SEGREf
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SECRET
bull
bull
sign ificant
inteUigence
on space
developments
and trends
Secpnd Probable Photorecce SatelliteC ~
1pound) M
0 ~ M 0
= ~
~ 0 1pound)
launch Failure of 19amp7 Detected~An allpatent Sovil~t attthn pt te launch a spacecraft from Tyurltam
at about 0602Z 21 Jtily failed 11$ sen$aJi ch~tected a lau1lCh
L-----~~ but spacetracking radars did not detect any new Sov~et spacecrapoundt itt orbit
The craft launched was prmbably a photo r ec~mnaiss ance satellite
e JauQcl w aamp tiue t~ of hmiddot wl~~ltws tiharact~~Pfizea the Soviet
pmiddotrograra f~~ the past l8 monthscmiddotlto$tnOS l6S th iatfit iilmiddotthe series was laUncrte~middot 4 July and de- middot orbited 12 July
bull Tlie SL-~~ launcb system SS and Venjk uppe r stage) hiits been used in a il launches of high- resolution photo shyrecce satellites and em four occasions ior launches of rnediu-m-re~olution photor~cceELINT satellites It has oi course figured in other types of s pace l~unches a~ well
Ihia is thf second ilJ)parent fa iluxe of a Saviet photorecce sateiUteshy~~lurthiampyea r the flrsmiddott~ecrurtedltvl 20 Jlne Ab0rtive tni$Sions tbis ctltl~e toge~tr in tim-e arelhlslal The ore--r-all aaunch suceess rate poundor this prog~middot aap is ~ve r 90-of There were two faUutes last y ear one in May and one in September middot middot (NORADDIA) (SECRBT)
tw(Y per
WlR 3067 28 Jul 1967 SEGREf