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The S o viets mai ntained a re lative ly high l eve l of missile activity du-ring the month of July 196 7 but onl y a mod st levd oi smiddotpac middotmiddot -launch activity 29 miss iles wer launc hed succes sfully a nd 3 o( 4 s pac c rafl launcb~s wemiddotre middot succ e ssful Follow ing is a list of the knovrn launche s
Launch Tirne ana Qale Laum Fi Point
0 63Z 2 1 0 l J 11 SS - 4 MR BM Kapttstin a r 1700 Z 03 Jul SS-7 ICBM Plesetsk 0600Z 04 Jul Cosmos l 68 SL shy 4 ) Tyu ratatn 0 3 0 0 Z 0 5 J ul KY - 6 Ples~tsk 06 14Z 05 Jul SS- 4 1LRBM Kapustin Y a r l3 0 4 Z 1 0 7 Jul SS - 5 l~ BM Kapustin Yar 06 32 z 08 J ul SS-4 Ml~Blv Kapustin Ya r 0425 2 ll Jul SS - l l IGBM fyuratam 0 63 2 Z l l J ul SS -4 MRBM middot KcLpusti n Y a r 1741Z 12 Jul SS shy 4 MRBM bull 1 Kapus in Yi1L r
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Ka puBti n Ya r Kapustin Yar TjUatam
Kapustin Ya r Gladkaya Drovyanaya Verkhnyaya Salda Tyuratam D ombarovskiy Kapustin Ya r T yuratam Kapustin Ya tbull Plesetsk
middotPlesetsk Sovietskaya Gavan Ple s et s k Kapustin Ya-r lltapustin Yar Kapustin Yar Kapustin Ya r Sovietskaya Cavan Kapustin Yar ytu ata ro
06 12 z 06 12Z 16432 Z345Z 140 1 2 l40~Z
l402Z 14022 14 042 l 705 z 060 2Z 235 1z 0601 2 12022 l30 l Z 07 59 Z 151 22 16-2 72 2103 2 02052 230Z Z 06122 16452
14 Jul 1 7 J ul l-7 J u l ~ 7 J ul 2 0 Jul 20 Jul ze Jul 20 Jul 2 0 J ul 20 Jul 21 Ju1 21 J ul 22 Jul 22 Jul 23 Jul 25 Jlll 25 1ul 26 Ju l 26 Jul 2 7 J u l 28 Ju-1 2-9 J ul 31 J u l
Vert icaJ fi r ing I~ BM ICBM ICampM ICBM IC BM SS-12 S RBM ESV fa ilure (SL shyV ett~cal fi ring SS- 7 ICB M SS - 7 ICBM MRBM SS -7 IC BM SS-4 MRBM Vertical firing V erti cal firing V emiddotrtic al fi ring MRBM ssmiddot4 MRBM
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The rna in featur es Qf the month middots missile- r ange activity wele
bull T he launc h of a salvltgt of f ive JCBMs h-om a s many c omplexe~ witlun a 3-minute period agtll 6i them impac ting on the Kamchatka P middot nins ula This operation appears to have been a coordinated exercis e opound unit s opound the Strategic Rocket T r oops in which two spac ~ evemiddotrit s ll)ay also have 11eeo inVQl vei (p 10 wmmiddot l0 67 a nd p 7 this wee k s W ~~ ) ~
bull The Succ emiddotssful launch of two orbital bornbardmertt middot(OB -1 ) veshyhicles t- O weeks a~rt Pre v ious launches had beeri spaced at two-month inte rvals and only one o f these had bcemiddotn successful
Space events corrsisted of the two OB - l launches and two laun-ehes opound photoreconnaissance ELNT sat ellite s -- the sec lt1od one a ailupa
Other featr e s of July s a c tivities
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2 Reece Satellites May Have Had Part in Strategic Rocket Troops Exercise
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Weather dal~ poundrom the tw()) currently operational Soviet meteorological satellitel Cosmos middot 144 a n d Co-smos 156 could have been used it is presutnecl as a basis for timing the launches of the missile-salvo anp the post - strike reshyconnais sance satellite
These possibilities alo~ withthe stepped-up pace opound development af the Sovietmiddots OB -1 orbital bombardment system suggest that the military usemiddots oi svace rank high in thbull priorities of the Soviet space program (NOH AD) -(SECfiEf NO FOREIGN DISSEM_INATmiddotION -- Releasable to US UK amp Canada
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Reece SateII ite Launched 8August
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was launched ori 4 July 196 7 and rccover~d eight days later (NOH JD) (SE GHE T NO FOREIGN DISSEM1NAT10N -- R middotleasable to US UK amp Canada)
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The S o viets mai ntained a re lative ly high l eve l of missile activity du-ring the month of July 196 7 but onl y a mod st levd oi smiddotpac middotmiddot -launch activity 29 miss iles wer launc hed succes sfully a nd 3 o( 4 s pac c rafl launcb~s wemiddotre middot succ e ssful Follow ing is a list of the knovrn launche s
Launch Tirne ana Qale Laum Fi Point
0 63Z 2 1 0 l J 11 SS - 4 MR BM Kapttstin a r 1700 Z 03 Jul SS-7 ICBM Plesetsk 0600Z 04 Jul Cosmos l 68 SL shy 4 ) Tyu ratatn 0 3 0 0 Z 0 5 J ul KY - 6 Ples~tsk 06 14Z 05 Jul SS- 4 1LRBM Kapustin Y a r l3 0 4 Z 1 0 7 Jul SS - 5 l~ BM Kapustin Yar 06 32 z 08 J ul SS-4 Ml~Blv Kapustin Ya r 0425 2 ll Jul SS - l l IGBM fyuratam 0 63 2 Z l l J ul SS -4 MRBM middot KcLpusti n Y a r 1741Z 12 Jul SS shy 4 MRBM bull 1 Kapus in Yi1L r
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secret~~~~--------------------------~------------~ ]r1lifmiddotLa u n ch Tim e and Date Vehicle
SS -4 M RBM SS-4 MRBM C osmo s 169 OB- 1)
Lauric E Point
Ka puBti n Ya r Kapustin Yar TjUatam
Kapustin Ya r Gladkaya Drovyanaya Verkhnyaya Salda Tyuratam D ombarovskiy Kapustin Ya r T yuratam Kapustin Ya tbull Plesetsk
middotPlesetsk Sovietskaya Gavan Ple s et s k Kapustin Ya-r lltapustin Yar Kapustin Yar Kapustin Ya r Sovietskaya Cavan Kapustin Yar ytu ata ro
06 12 z 06 12Z 16432 Z345Z 140 1 2 l40~Z
l402Z 14022 14 042 l 705 z 060 2Z 235 1z 0601 2 12022 l30 l Z 07 59 Z 151 22 16-2 72 2103 2 02052 230Z Z 06122 16452
14 Jul 1 7 J ul l-7 J u l ~ 7 J ul 2 0 Jul 20 Jul ze Jul 20 Jul 2 0 J ul 20 Jul 21 Ju1 21 J ul 22 Jul 22 Jul 23 Jul 25 Jlll 25 1ul 26 Ju l 26 Jul 2 7 J u l 28 Ju-1 2-9 J ul 31 J u l
Vert icaJ fi r ing I~ BM ICBM ICampM ICBM IC BM SS-12 S RBM ESV fa ilure (SL shyV ett~cal fi ring SS- 7 ICB M SS - 7 ICBM MRBM SS -7 IC BM SS-4 MRBM Vertical firing V erti cal firing V emiddotrtic al fi ring MRBM ssmiddot4 MRBM
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C osmmiddotos l 70 (OB ~ 1)
The rna in featur es Qf the month middots missile- r ange activity wele
bull T he launc h of a salvltgt of f ive JCBMs h-om a s many c omplexe~ witlun a 3-minute period agtll 6i them impac ting on the Kamchatka P middot nins ula This operation appears to have been a coordinated exercis e opound unit s opound the Strategic Rocket T r oops in which two spac ~ evemiddotrit s ll)ay also have 11eeo inVQl vei (p 10 wmmiddot l0 67 a nd p 7 this wee k s W ~~ ) ~
bull The Succ emiddotssful launch of two orbital bornbardmertt middot(OB -1 ) veshyhicles t- O weeks a~rt Pre v ious launches had beeri spaced at two-month inte rvals and only one o f these had bcemiddotn successful
Space events corrsisted of the two OB - l launches and two laun-ehes opound photoreconnaissance ELNT sat ellite s -- the sec lt1od one a ailupa
Other featr e s of July s a c tivities
bull bull
Th re w e r e no l aut1ches to the Pacific impact area All miss ile firings were for t r o dp t raining exc ept for the ore ~ ampD firing of the salid-prope llant KY-6
4 eeeret
bull
bull There we-1middot e five vertlcal i irings of rockets probably for upPer atmosphere res ~arch but possibly also poundor testing oi space missile components
bull there were no firings of thC large SS-9~ in comparison with three such firings in June
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Very FewSoviet Spacecraft Sti II Transm itting
A tbullt aJ of ~~8 Soviet payloads w a s in orbit a s oi 1 August hut no m ore than ~lt~ ven gtJ tlwse wt~ re tr ans-m itt ing These satellites are list d logeth r -i1h ~~n middot middot tiv~ Vtn u s probe on pa g e 29 gtVith info r n1ation shoving date oi last i ltercltpt anct the ty p e of emissio n ( s) noted bull
bull All Sobulliet spacec r aft Iaundted mor t than 6 montbs ago ha-ve c eased
transmitting as hiie many of thos~ launcher1 in the past 6 months (NOH AD (S SCRT NO F OREIGN DlSSEMJNATION - -Releasabl e to TJS 131 amp Canada)
2 Reece Satellites May Have Had Part in Strategic Rocket Troops Exercise
NORA D cons i (i middot ts -it possible t h a t the t wo-Soviet r econnaissance s a te~ - middot lites l aunchedmiddot in July m ay h elVe sinlulated pn~s trike and post- st r ike reconnai shysance for the unpnrlt dcnt e~~ salvcentl fi r ing on 20 Ju l y of live IC BMs from as ma ny ICBM cortlpl c x e s
The first satdlitr- C osmos 168 was launch~d on 4 July and de -)rhitu1 on 12 Jiliy t h e second U11na1ned be c ~tuse it (a il~~d to a chieve orbit Vas l aunched 21 July c rtain siniilarfties during thelr respeltti e Jaunc li phase both have b e e n assessed as m diurn -r esolution phcgttoshyreconnais~ance satellites w ith a capability also for coH-ecting poundLlNT T h e flv~ IC BMs wlt l e fi r~d dthin a t hre e - minute pt~r iod in an ltipparent lt-X0 r cise w h idt L1 vohilt~ d five 71de ly separ a t ed launch comphxes in the USSR map o n pag 4 15 VIR 3067- ) bull
Some of the cfrcuxnstanc es w h ich lend support to the theory that the satdlitts laJtrich ecl onA Mld 2 1 July were to s imulate prl~ -strike and postshysttmiddot ik~ recOJlllaissanc~~ Io r t h e 20 Jul y exerc1sc
~oth sa t e llites were launch emiddotd at qbout 0600 J1 o nrs about fou r t ) bull five hour s ta rli tq in t he d qy than i s ctlStorna Ly for Sovi~t photQ-shyrecce launc h s at lyu r a t am during the mltmth of July This
c ircumsta-ncE would s eem t o signify t hat neither sate1Hte was -7shy
wm H(7 11 Aug 196 7 SEC REf
seere
performing the r~mtiltcmiddot missions oi othe1middot Soviet phot0recce satcllites
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The 06CIO-hour launchcs would pelmit the satellites to photograph North ~~mt)rican ta-1middotgcts at ab~llt high noon when solar illuIninashytion o( the middot targets would be at its maximum High-noon photog shyraphy is n0t articQlarly desirable for otciinary- photorecce since there would be ffjv shadows by middotwhich to estimate the dirnensicms of some targets but would be quite suitabl for making comshyparisons of prestrike and post-strike photography Both satellites launched by the same SI-4 launch system appear~~cl to hltt-~ simimiddotilar payloads -- another tactQr which would favor compari-s()n of pn - strike and post-stdke photography Both satellites were launched into orbital illclinations of about 52 degrees which would maximize the number of daylight hours they would sp~ncl over North Am rioan ta-rg ts at tbi$ tin1e o y ar Moreover the similarity o iJaclinations would be advanshytageouts -if both vehicles were to photoeuroraph tl~1e samt~ targets at the same time-S opound day Co-sn-lomiddots t 68 was de-orbiteG (i)ight clay~ before the salvo of cO July a period which woald allow time for simulating pre-strike ta-rget bullbull studies The satellite which failed 2 1 J uly was launched within ahovt 16 hours ~~er the missile salvo opound 20 July - the first opp0rtunity that the Soviets wot~-ld have bad for la11t1c~1 of a simuJated pOgttshystrike reconnaissance satellite fGr which o-ptimuzn lighting cGnshyditions- ov r the target area wemiddot11ld be ensured
Weather dal~ poundrom the tw()) currently operational Soviet meteorological satellitel Cosmos middot 144 a n d Co-smos 156 could have been used it is presutnecl as a basis for timing the launches of the missile-salvo anp the post - strike reshyconnais sance satellite
These possibilities alo~ withthe stepped-up pace opound development af the Sovietmiddots OB -1 orbital bombardment system suggest that the military usemiddots oi svace rank high in thbull priorities of the Soviet space program (NOH AD) -(SECfiEf NO FOREIGN DISSEM_INATmiddotION -- Releasable to US UK amp Canada
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Reece SateII ite Launched 8August
The Soviets launched a high- resolutl011 photureccwnai s s twcbull sat~llit f r 6m Tyuratam at about 234SZ 8 Augus~ into an or~ii with an inclination oi about 52 d grees The ilight was powe_red by th~ SL- 4 launch syst m
This is the Soviets l3f n successJu1 recce satelHte launch of 1967 1middothe las t prt~viou-s succossful phat(nbulleaonnaissanc ~ sahgtUite C~smos 108
was launched ori 4 July 196 7 and rccover~d eight days later (NOH JD) (SE GHE T NO FOREIGN DISSEM1NAT10N -- R middotleasable to US UK amp Canada)
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bull 29 Mj ssi les1 4 Spacecraft Launched by USSR in July
The S o viets mai ntained a re lative ly high l eve l of missile activity du-ring the month of July 196 7 but onl y a mod st levd oi smiddotpac middotmiddot -launch activity 29 miss iles wer launc hed succes sfully a nd 3 o( 4 s pac c rafl launcb~s wemiddotre middot succ e ssful Follow ing is a list of the knovrn launche s
Launch Tirne ana Qale Laum Fi Point
0 63Z 2 1 0 l J 11 SS - 4 MR BM Kapttstin a r 1700 Z 03 Jul SS-7 ICBM Plesetsk 0600Z 04 Jul Cosmos l 68 SL shy 4 ) Tyu ratatn 0 3 0 0 Z 0 5 J ul KY - 6 Ples~tsk 06 14Z 05 Jul SS- 4 1LRBM Kapustin Y a r l3 0 4 Z 1 0 7 Jul SS - 5 l~ BM Kapustin Yar 06 32 z 08 J ul SS-4 Ml~Blv Kapustin Ya r 0425 2 ll Jul SS - l l IGBM fyuratam 0 63 2 Z l l J ul SS -4 MRBM middot KcLpusti n Y a r 1741Z 12 Jul SS shy 4 MRBM bull 1 Kapus in Yi1L r
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Lauric E Point
Ka puBti n Ya r Kapustin Yar TjUatam
Kapustin Ya r Gladkaya Drovyanaya Verkhnyaya Salda Tyuratam D ombarovskiy Kapustin Ya r T yuratam Kapustin Ya tbull Plesetsk
middotPlesetsk Sovietskaya Gavan Ple s et s k Kapustin Ya-r lltapustin Yar Kapustin Yar Kapustin Ya r Sovietskaya Cavan Kapustin Yar ytu ata ro
06 12 z 06 12Z 16432 Z345Z 140 1 2 l40~Z
l402Z 14022 14 042 l 705 z 060 2Z 235 1z 0601 2 12022 l30 l Z 07 59 Z 151 22 16-2 72 2103 2 02052 230Z Z 06122 16452
14 Jul 1 7 J ul l-7 J u l ~ 7 J ul 2 0 Jul 20 Jul ze Jul 20 Jul 2 0 J ul 20 Jul 21 Ju1 21 J ul 22 Jul 22 Jul 23 Jul 25 Jlll 25 1ul 26 Ju l 26 Jul 2 7 J u l 28 Ju-1 2-9 J ul 31 J u l
Vert icaJ fi r ing I~ BM ICBM ICampM ICBM IC BM SS-12 S RBM ESV fa ilure (SL shyV ett~cal fi ring SS- 7 ICB M SS - 7 ICBM MRBM SS -7 IC BM SS-4 MRBM Vertical firing V erti cal firing V emiddotrtic al fi ring MRBM ssmiddot4 MRBM
4)
C osmmiddotos l 70 (OB ~ 1)
The rna in featur es Qf the month middots missile- r ange activity wele
bull T he launc h of a salvltgt of f ive JCBMs h-om a s many c omplexe~ witlun a 3-minute period agtll 6i them impac ting on the Kamchatka P middot nins ula This operation appears to have been a coordinated exercis e opound unit s opound the Strategic Rocket T r oops in which two spac ~ evemiddotrit s ll)ay also have 11eeo inVQl vei (p 10 wmmiddot l0 67 a nd p 7 this wee k s W ~~ ) ~
bull The Succ emiddotssful launch of two orbital bornbardmertt middot(OB -1 ) veshyhicles t- O weeks a~rt Pre v ious launches had beeri spaced at two-month inte rvals and only one o f these had bcemiddotn successful
Space events corrsisted of the two OB - l launches and two laun-ehes opound photoreconnaissance ELNT sat ellite s -- the sec lt1od one a ailupa
Other featr e s of July s a c tivities
bull bull
Th re w e r e no l aut1ches to the Pacific impact area All miss ile firings were for t r o dp t raining exc ept for the ore ~ ampD firing of the salid-prope llant KY-6
4 eeeret
bull
bull There we-1middot e five vertlcal i irings of rockets probably for upPer atmosphere res ~arch but possibly also poundor testing oi space missile components
bull there were no firings of thC large SS-9~ in comparison with three such firings in June
(NORAD) (SEGH ET NO F O REIGN DISSEMl middot-ATlON _ _ Releasable to US UK amp Canada
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5 seoret326 7 U Aug l 9b7
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s ig n ificaot
inlelllgence
on s pace
d evelopments
and trends
Very FewSoviet Spacecraft Sti II Transm itting
A tbullt aJ of ~~8 Soviet payloads w a s in orbit a s oi 1 August hut no m ore than ~lt~ ven gtJ tlwse wt~ re tr ans-m itt ing These satellites are list d logeth r -i1h ~~n middot middot tiv~ Vtn u s probe on pa g e 29 gtVith info r n1ation shoving date oi last i ltercltpt anct the ty p e of emissio n ( s) noted bull
bull All Sobulliet spacec r aft Iaundted mor t than 6 montbs ago ha-ve c eased
transmitting as hiie many of thos~ launcher1 in the past 6 months (NOH AD (S SCRT NO F OREIGN DlSSEMJNATION - -Releasabl e to TJS 131 amp Canada)
2 Reece Satellites May Have Had Part in Strategic Rocket Troops Exercise
NORA D cons i (i middot ts -it possible t h a t the t wo-Soviet r econnaissance s a te~ - middot lites l aunchedmiddot in July m ay h elVe sinlulated pn~s trike and post- st r ike reconnai shysance for the unpnrlt dcnt e~~ salvcentl fi r ing on 20 Ju l y of live IC BMs from as ma ny ICBM cortlpl c x e s
The first satdlitr- C osmos 168 was launch~d on 4 July and de -)rhitu1 on 12 Jiliy t h e second U11na1ned be c ~tuse it (a il~~d to a chieve orbit Vas l aunched 21 July c rtain siniilarfties during thelr respeltti e Jaunc li phase both have b e e n assessed as m diurn -r esolution phcgttoshyreconnais~ance satellites w ith a capability also for coH-ecting poundLlNT T h e flv~ IC BMs wlt l e fi r~d dthin a t hre e - minute pt~r iod in an ltipparent lt-X0 r cise w h idt L1 vohilt~ d five 71de ly separ a t ed launch comphxes in the USSR map o n pag 4 15 VIR 3067- ) bull
Some of the cfrcuxnstanc es w h ich lend support to the theory that the satdlitts laJtrich ecl onA Mld 2 1 July were to s imulate prl~ -strike and postshysttmiddot ik~ recOJlllaissanc~~ Io r t h e 20 Jul y exerc1sc
~oth sa t e llites were launch emiddotd at qbout 0600 J1 o nrs about fou r t ) bull five hour s ta rli tq in t he d qy than i s ctlStorna Ly for Sovi~t photQ-shyrecce launc h s at lyu r a t am during the mltmth of July This
c ircumsta-ncE would s eem t o signify t hat neither sate1Hte was -7shy
wm H(7 11 Aug 196 7 SEC REf
seere
performing the r~mtiltcmiddot missions oi othe1middot Soviet phot0recce satcllites
bull
bull
bull
bull
bull
The 06CIO-hour launchcs would pelmit the satellites to photograph North ~~mt)rican ta-1middotgcts at ab~llt high noon when solar illuIninashytion o( the middot targets would be at its maximum High-noon photog shyraphy is n0t articQlarly desirable for otciinary- photorecce since there would be ffjv shadows by middotwhich to estimate the dirnensicms of some targets but would be quite suitabl for making comshyparisons of prestrike and post-strike photography Both satellites launched by the same SI-4 launch system appear~~cl to hltt-~ simimiddotilar payloads -- another tactQr which would favor compari-s()n of pn - strike and post-stdke photography Both satellites were launched into orbital illclinations of about 52 degrees which would maximize the number of daylight hours they would sp~ncl over North Am rioan ta-rg ts at tbi$ tin1e o y ar Moreover the similarity o iJaclinations would be advanshytageouts -if both vehicles were to photoeuroraph tl~1e samt~ targets at the same time-S opound day Co-sn-lomiddots t 68 was de-orbiteG (i)ight clay~ before the salvo of cO July a period which woald allow time for simulating pre-strike ta-rget bullbull studies The satellite which failed 2 1 J uly was launched within ahovt 16 hours ~~er the missile salvo opound 20 July - the first opp0rtunity that the Soviets wot~-ld have bad for la11t1c~1 of a simuJated pOgttshystrike reconnaissance satellite fGr which o-ptimuzn lighting cGnshyditions- ov r the target area wemiddot11ld be ensured
Weather dal~ poundrom the tw()) currently operational Soviet meteorological satellitel Cosmos middot 144 a n d Co-smos 156 could have been used it is presutnecl as a basis for timing the launches of the missile-salvo anp the post - strike reshyconnais sance satellite
These possibilities alo~ withthe stepped-up pace opound development af the Sovietmiddots OB -1 orbital bombardment system suggest that the military usemiddots oi svace rank high in thbull priorities of the Soviet space program (NOH AD) -(SECfiEf NO FOREIGN DISSEM_INATmiddotION -- Releasable to US UK amp Canada
Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal
8 seore=t WIR 3267 Jl Aug 1967
bull secr e t
Portion identified as non- I responsive to the appeal I
Reece SateII ite Launched 8August
The Soviets launched a high- resolutl011 photureccwnai s s twcbull sat~llit f r 6m Tyuratam at about 234SZ 8 Augus~ into an or~ii with an inclination oi about 52 d grees The ilight was powe_red by th~ SL- 4 launch syst m
This is the Soviets l3f n successJu1 recce satelHte launch of 1967 1middothe las t prt~viou-s succossful phat(nbulleaonnaissanc ~ sahgtUite C~smos 108
was launched ori 4 July 196 7 and rccover~d eight days later (NOH JD) (SE GHE T NO FOREIGN DISSEM1NAT10N -- R middotleasable to US UK amp Canada)
9 s~oro~ WJJi 3 2 6 7 ll Au g 19 67
Cosntos 144 Co~mos~ 156middotmiddot
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secret~~~~--------------------------~------------~ ]r1lifmiddotLa u n ch Tim e and Date Vehicle
SS -4 M RBM SS-4 MRBM C osmo s 169 OB- 1)
Lauric E Point
Ka puBti n Ya r Kapustin Yar TjUatam
Kapustin Ya r Gladkaya Drovyanaya Verkhnyaya Salda Tyuratam D ombarovskiy Kapustin Ya r T yuratam Kapustin Ya tbull Plesetsk
middotPlesetsk Sovietskaya Gavan Ple s et s k Kapustin Ya-r lltapustin Yar Kapustin Yar Kapustin Ya r Sovietskaya Cavan Kapustin Yar ytu ata ro
06 12 z 06 12Z 16432 Z345Z 140 1 2 l40~Z
l402Z 14022 14 042 l 705 z 060 2Z 235 1z 0601 2 12022 l30 l Z 07 59 Z 151 22 16-2 72 2103 2 02052 230Z Z 06122 16452
14 Jul 1 7 J ul l-7 J u l ~ 7 J ul 2 0 Jul 20 Jul ze Jul 20 Jul 2 0 J ul 20 Jul 21 Ju1 21 J ul 22 Jul 22 Jul 23 Jul 25 Jlll 25 1ul 26 Ju l 26 Jul 2 7 J u l 28 Ju-1 2-9 J ul 31 J u l
Vert icaJ fi r ing I~ BM ICBM ICampM ICBM IC BM SS-12 S RBM ESV fa ilure (SL shyV ett~cal fi ring SS- 7 ICB M SS - 7 ICBM MRBM SS -7 IC BM SS-4 MRBM Vertical firing V erti cal firing V emiddotrtic al fi ring MRBM ssmiddot4 MRBM
4)
C osmmiddotos l 70 (OB ~ 1)
The rna in featur es Qf the month middots missile- r ange activity wele
bull T he launc h of a salvltgt of f ive JCBMs h-om a s many c omplexe~ witlun a 3-minute period agtll 6i them impac ting on the Kamchatka P middot nins ula This operation appears to have been a coordinated exercis e opound unit s opound the Strategic Rocket T r oops in which two spac ~ evemiddotrit s ll)ay also have 11eeo inVQl vei (p 10 wmmiddot l0 67 a nd p 7 this wee k s W ~~ ) ~
bull The Succ emiddotssful launch of two orbital bornbardmertt middot(OB -1 ) veshyhicles t- O weeks a~rt Pre v ious launches had beeri spaced at two-month inte rvals and only one o f these had bcemiddotn successful
Space events corrsisted of the two OB - l launches and two laun-ehes opound photoreconnaissance ELNT sat ellite s -- the sec lt1od one a ailupa
Other featr e s of July s a c tivities
bull bull
Th re w e r e no l aut1ches to the Pacific impact area All miss ile firings were for t r o dp t raining exc ept for the ore ~ ampD firing of the salid-prope llant KY-6
4 eeeret
bull
bull There we-1middot e five vertlcal i irings of rockets probably for upPer atmosphere res ~arch but possibly also poundor testing oi space missile components
bull there were no firings of thC large SS-9~ in comparison with three such firings in June
(NORAD) (SEGH ET NO F O REIGN DISSEMl middot-ATlON _ _ Releasable to US UK amp Canada
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5 seoret326 7 U Aug l 9b7
bull SECR ET
s ig n ificaot
inlelllgence
on s pace
d evelopments
and trends
Very FewSoviet Spacecraft Sti II Transm itting
A tbullt aJ of ~~8 Soviet payloads w a s in orbit a s oi 1 August hut no m ore than ~lt~ ven gtJ tlwse wt~ re tr ans-m itt ing These satellites are list d logeth r -i1h ~~n middot middot tiv~ Vtn u s probe on pa g e 29 gtVith info r n1ation shoving date oi last i ltercltpt anct the ty p e of emissio n ( s) noted bull
bull All Sobulliet spacec r aft Iaundted mor t than 6 montbs ago ha-ve c eased
transmitting as hiie many of thos~ launcher1 in the past 6 months (NOH AD (S SCRT NO F OREIGN DlSSEMJNATION - -Releasabl e to TJS 131 amp Canada)
2 Reece Satellites May Have Had Part in Strategic Rocket Troops Exercise
NORA D cons i (i middot ts -it possible t h a t the t wo-Soviet r econnaissance s a te~ - middot lites l aunchedmiddot in July m ay h elVe sinlulated pn~s trike and post- st r ike reconnai shysance for the unpnrlt dcnt e~~ salvcentl fi r ing on 20 Ju l y of live IC BMs from as ma ny ICBM cortlpl c x e s
The first satdlitr- C osmos 168 was launch~d on 4 July and de -)rhitu1 on 12 Jiliy t h e second U11na1ned be c ~tuse it (a il~~d to a chieve orbit Vas l aunched 21 July c rtain siniilarfties during thelr respeltti e Jaunc li phase both have b e e n assessed as m diurn -r esolution phcgttoshyreconnais~ance satellites w ith a capability also for coH-ecting poundLlNT T h e flv~ IC BMs wlt l e fi r~d dthin a t hre e - minute pt~r iod in an ltipparent lt-X0 r cise w h idt L1 vohilt~ d five 71de ly separ a t ed launch comphxes in the USSR map o n pag 4 15 VIR 3067- ) bull
Some of the cfrcuxnstanc es w h ich lend support to the theory that the satdlitts laJtrich ecl onA Mld 2 1 July were to s imulate prl~ -strike and postshysttmiddot ik~ recOJlllaissanc~~ Io r t h e 20 Jul y exerc1sc
~oth sa t e llites were launch emiddotd at qbout 0600 J1 o nrs about fou r t ) bull five hour s ta rli tq in t he d qy than i s ctlStorna Ly for Sovi~t photQ-shyrecce launc h s at lyu r a t am during the mltmth of July This
c ircumsta-ncE would s eem t o signify t hat neither sate1Hte was -7shy
wm H(7 11 Aug 196 7 SEC REf
seere
performing the r~mtiltcmiddot missions oi othe1middot Soviet phot0recce satcllites
bull
bull
bull
bull
bull
The 06CIO-hour launchcs would pelmit the satellites to photograph North ~~mt)rican ta-1middotgcts at ab~llt high noon when solar illuIninashytion o( the middot targets would be at its maximum High-noon photog shyraphy is n0t articQlarly desirable for otciinary- photorecce since there would be ffjv shadows by middotwhich to estimate the dirnensicms of some targets but would be quite suitabl for making comshyparisons of prestrike and post-strike photography Both satellites launched by the same SI-4 launch system appear~~cl to hltt-~ simimiddotilar payloads -- another tactQr which would favor compari-s()n of pn - strike and post-stdke photography Both satellites were launched into orbital illclinations of about 52 degrees which would maximize the number of daylight hours they would sp~ncl over North Am rioan ta-rg ts at tbi$ tin1e o y ar Moreover the similarity o iJaclinations would be advanshytageouts -if both vehicles were to photoeuroraph tl~1e samt~ targets at the same time-S opound day Co-sn-lomiddots t 68 was de-orbiteG (i)ight clay~ before the salvo of cO July a period which woald allow time for simulating pre-strike ta-rget bullbull studies The satellite which failed 2 1 J uly was launched within ahovt 16 hours ~~er the missile salvo opound 20 July - the first opp0rtunity that the Soviets wot~-ld have bad for la11t1c~1 of a simuJated pOgttshystrike reconnaissance satellite fGr which o-ptimuzn lighting cGnshyditions- ov r the target area wemiddot11ld be ensured
Weather dal~ poundrom the tw()) currently operational Soviet meteorological satellitel Cosmos middot 144 a n d Co-smos 156 could have been used it is presutnecl as a basis for timing the launches of the missile-salvo anp the post - strike reshyconnais sance satellite
These possibilities alo~ withthe stepped-up pace opound development af the Sovietmiddots OB -1 orbital bombardment system suggest that the military usemiddots oi svace rank high in thbull priorities of the Soviet space program (NOH AD) -(SECfiEf NO FOREIGN DISSEM_INATmiddotION -- Releasable to US UK amp Canada
Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal
8 seore=t WIR 3267 Jl Aug 1967
bull secr e t
Portion identified as non- I responsive to the appeal I
Reece SateII ite Launched 8August
The Soviets launched a high- resolutl011 photureccwnai s s twcbull sat~llit f r 6m Tyuratam at about 234SZ 8 Augus~ into an or~ii with an inclination oi about 52 d grees The ilight was powe_red by th~ SL- 4 launch syst m
This is the Soviets l3f n successJu1 recce satelHte launch of 1967 1middothe las t prt~viou-s succossful phat(nbulleaonnaissanc ~ sahgtUite C~smos 108
was launched ori 4 July 196 7 and rccover~d eight days later (NOH JD) (SE GHE T NO FOREIGN DISSEM1NAT10N -- R middotleasable to US UK amp Canada)
9 s~oro~ WJJi 3 2 6 7 ll Au g 19 67
Cosntos 144 Co~mos~ 156middotmiddot
I 50Xl and 3 E013526
bull There we-1middot e five vertlcal i irings of rockets probably for upPer atmosphere res ~arch but possibly also poundor testing oi space missile components
bull there were no firings of thC large SS-9~ in comparison with three such firings in June
(NORAD) (SEGH ET NO F O REIGN DISSEMl middot-ATlON _ _ Releasable to US UK amp Canada
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5 seoret326 7 U Aug l 9b7
bull SECR ET
s ig n ificaot
inlelllgence
on s pace
d evelopments
and trends
Very FewSoviet Spacecraft Sti II Transm itting
A tbullt aJ of ~~8 Soviet payloads w a s in orbit a s oi 1 August hut no m ore than ~lt~ ven gtJ tlwse wt~ re tr ans-m itt ing These satellites are list d logeth r -i1h ~~n middot middot tiv~ Vtn u s probe on pa g e 29 gtVith info r n1ation shoving date oi last i ltercltpt anct the ty p e of emissio n ( s) noted bull
bull All Sobulliet spacec r aft Iaundted mor t than 6 montbs ago ha-ve c eased
transmitting as hiie many of thos~ launcher1 in the past 6 months (NOH AD (S SCRT NO F OREIGN DlSSEMJNATION - -Releasabl e to TJS 131 amp Canada)
2 Reece Satellites May Have Had Part in Strategic Rocket Troops Exercise
NORA D cons i (i middot ts -it possible t h a t the t wo-Soviet r econnaissance s a te~ - middot lites l aunchedmiddot in July m ay h elVe sinlulated pn~s trike and post- st r ike reconnai shysance for the unpnrlt dcnt e~~ salvcentl fi r ing on 20 Ju l y of live IC BMs from as ma ny ICBM cortlpl c x e s
The first satdlitr- C osmos 168 was launch~d on 4 July and de -)rhitu1 on 12 Jiliy t h e second U11na1ned be c ~tuse it (a il~~d to a chieve orbit Vas l aunched 21 July c rtain siniilarfties during thelr respeltti e Jaunc li phase both have b e e n assessed as m diurn -r esolution phcgttoshyreconnais~ance satellites w ith a capability also for coH-ecting poundLlNT T h e flv~ IC BMs wlt l e fi r~d dthin a t hre e - minute pt~r iod in an ltipparent lt-X0 r cise w h idt L1 vohilt~ d five 71de ly separ a t ed launch comphxes in the USSR map o n pag 4 15 VIR 3067- ) bull
Some of the cfrcuxnstanc es w h ich lend support to the theory that the satdlitts laJtrich ecl onA Mld 2 1 July were to s imulate prl~ -strike and postshysttmiddot ik~ recOJlllaissanc~~ Io r t h e 20 Jul y exerc1sc
~oth sa t e llites were launch emiddotd at qbout 0600 J1 o nrs about fou r t ) bull five hour s ta rli tq in t he d qy than i s ctlStorna Ly for Sovi~t photQ-shyrecce launc h s at lyu r a t am during the mltmth of July This
c ircumsta-ncE would s eem t o signify t hat neither sate1Hte was -7shy
wm H(7 11 Aug 196 7 SEC REf
seere
performing the r~mtiltcmiddot missions oi othe1middot Soviet phot0recce satcllites
bull
bull
bull
bull
bull
The 06CIO-hour launchcs would pelmit the satellites to photograph North ~~mt)rican ta-1middotgcts at ab~llt high noon when solar illuIninashytion o( the middot targets would be at its maximum High-noon photog shyraphy is n0t articQlarly desirable for otciinary- photorecce since there would be ffjv shadows by middotwhich to estimate the dirnensicms of some targets but would be quite suitabl for making comshyparisons of prestrike and post-strike photography Both satellites launched by the same SI-4 launch system appear~~cl to hltt-~ simimiddotilar payloads -- another tactQr which would favor compari-s()n of pn - strike and post-stdke photography Both satellites were launched into orbital illclinations of about 52 degrees which would maximize the number of daylight hours they would sp~ncl over North Am rioan ta-rg ts at tbi$ tin1e o y ar Moreover the similarity o iJaclinations would be advanshytageouts -if both vehicles were to photoeuroraph tl~1e samt~ targets at the same time-S opound day Co-sn-lomiddots t 68 was de-orbiteG (i)ight clay~ before the salvo of cO July a period which woald allow time for simulating pre-strike ta-rget bullbull studies The satellite which failed 2 1 J uly was launched within ahovt 16 hours ~~er the missile salvo opound 20 July - the first opp0rtunity that the Soviets wot~-ld have bad for la11t1c~1 of a simuJated pOgttshystrike reconnaissance satellite fGr which o-ptimuzn lighting cGnshyditions- ov r the target area wemiddot11ld be ensured
Weather dal~ poundrom the tw()) currently operational Soviet meteorological satellitel Cosmos middot 144 a n d Co-smos 156 could have been used it is presutnecl as a basis for timing the launches of the missile-salvo anp the post - strike reshyconnais sance satellite
These possibilities alo~ withthe stepped-up pace opound development af the Sovietmiddots OB -1 orbital bombardment system suggest that the military usemiddots oi svace rank high in thbull priorities of the Soviet space program (NOH AD) -(SECfiEf NO FOREIGN DISSEM_INATmiddotION -- Releasable to US UK amp Canada
Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal
8 seore=t WIR 3267 Jl Aug 1967
bull secr e t
Portion identified as non- I responsive to the appeal I
Reece SateII ite Launched 8August
The Soviets launched a high- resolutl011 photureccwnai s s twcbull sat~llit f r 6m Tyuratam at about 234SZ 8 Augus~ into an or~ii with an inclination oi about 52 d grees The ilight was powe_red by th~ SL- 4 launch syst m
This is the Soviets l3f n successJu1 recce satelHte launch of 1967 1middothe las t prt~viou-s succossful phat(nbulleaonnaissanc ~ sahgtUite C~smos 108
was launched ori 4 July 196 7 and rccover~d eight days later (NOH JD) (SE GHE T NO FOREIGN DISSEM1NAT10N -- R middotleasable to US UK amp Canada)
9 s~oro~ WJJi 3 2 6 7 ll Au g 19 67
Cosntos 144 Co~mos~ 156middotmiddot
I 50Xl and 3 E013526
bull SECR ET
s ig n ificaot
inlelllgence
on s pace
d evelopments
and trends
Very FewSoviet Spacecraft Sti II Transm itting
A tbullt aJ of ~~8 Soviet payloads w a s in orbit a s oi 1 August hut no m ore than ~lt~ ven gtJ tlwse wt~ re tr ans-m itt ing These satellites are list d logeth r -i1h ~~n middot middot tiv~ Vtn u s probe on pa g e 29 gtVith info r n1ation shoving date oi last i ltercltpt anct the ty p e of emissio n ( s) noted bull
bull All Sobulliet spacec r aft Iaundted mor t than 6 montbs ago ha-ve c eased
transmitting as hiie many of thos~ launcher1 in the past 6 months (NOH AD (S SCRT NO F OREIGN DlSSEMJNATION - -Releasabl e to TJS 131 amp Canada)
2 Reece Satellites May Have Had Part in Strategic Rocket Troops Exercise
NORA D cons i (i middot ts -it possible t h a t the t wo-Soviet r econnaissance s a te~ - middot lites l aunchedmiddot in July m ay h elVe sinlulated pn~s trike and post- st r ike reconnai shysance for the unpnrlt dcnt e~~ salvcentl fi r ing on 20 Ju l y of live IC BMs from as ma ny ICBM cortlpl c x e s
The first satdlitr- C osmos 168 was launch~d on 4 July and de -)rhitu1 on 12 Jiliy t h e second U11na1ned be c ~tuse it (a il~~d to a chieve orbit Vas l aunched 21 July c rtain siniilarfties during thelr respeltti e Jaunc li phase both have b e e n assessed as m diurn -r esolution phcgttoshyreconnais~ance satellites w ith a capability also for coH-ecting poundLlNT T h e flv~ IC BMs wlt l e fi r~d dthin a t hre e - minute pt~r iod in an ltipparent lt-X0 r cise w h idt L1 vohilt~ d five 71de ly separ a t ed launch comphxes in the USSR map o n pag 4 15 VIR 3067- ) bull
Some of the cfrcuxnstanc es w h ich lend support to the theory that the satdlitts laJtrich ecl onA Mld 2 1 July were to s imulate prl~ -strike and postshysttmiddot ik~ recOJlllaissanc~~ Io r t h e 20 Jul y exerc1sc
~oth sa t e llites were launch emiddotd at qbout 0600 J1 o nrs about fou r t ) bull five hour s ta rli tq in t he d qy than i s ctlStorna Ly for Sovi~t photQ-shyrecce launc h s at lyu r a t am during the mltmth of July This
c ircumsta-ncE would s eem t o signify t hat neither sate1Hte was -7shy
wm H(7 11 Aug 196 7 SEC REf
seere
performing the r~mtiltcmiddot missions oi othe1middot Soviet phot0recce satcllites
bull
bull
bull
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The 06CIO-hour launchcs would pelmit the satellites to photograph North ~~mt)rican ta-1middotgcts at ab~llt high noon when solar illuIninashytion o( the middot targets would be at its maximum High-noon photog shyraphy is n0t articQlarly desirable for otciinary- photorecce since there would be ffjv shadows by middotwhich to estimate the dirnensicms of some targets but would be quite suitabl for making comshyparisons of prestrike and post-strike photography Both satellites launched by the same SI-4 launch system appear~~cl to hltt-~ simimiddotilar payloads -- another tactQr which would favor compari-s()n of pn - strike and post-stdke photography Both satellites were launched into orbital illclinations of about 52 degrees which would maximize the number of daylight hours they would sp~ncl over North Am rioan ta-rg ts at tbi$ tin1e o y ar Moreover the similarity o iJaclinations would be advanshytageouts -if both vehicles were to photoeuroraph tl~1e samt~ targets at the same time-S opound day Co-sn-lomiddots t 68 was de-orbiteG (i)ight clay~ before the salvo of cO July a period which woald allow time for simulating pre-strike ta-rget bullbull studies The satellite which failed 2 1 J uly was launched within ahovt 16 hours ~~er the missile salvo opound 20 July - the first opp0rtunity that the Soviets wot~-ld have bad for la11t1c~1 of a simuJated pOgttshystrike reconnaissance satellite fGr which o-ptimuzn lighting cGnshyditions- ov r the target area wemiddot11ld be ensured
Weather dal~ poundrom the tw()) currently operational Soviet meteorological satellitel Cosmos middot 144 a n d Co-smos 156 could have been used it is presutnecl as a basis for timing the launches of the missile-salvo anp the post - strike reshyconnais sance satellite
These possibilities alo~ withthe stepped-up pace opound development af the Sovietmiddots OB -1 orbital bombardment system suggest that the military usemiddots oi svace rank high in thbull priorities of the Soviet space program (NOH AD) -(SECfiEf NO FOREIGN DISSEM_INATmiddotION -- Releasable to US UK amp Canada
Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal
8 seore=t WIR 3267 Jl Aug 1967
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Portion identified as non- I responsive to the appeal I
Reece SateII ite Launched 8August
The Soviets launched a high- resolutl011 photureccwnai s s twcbull sat~llit f r 6m Tyuratam at about 234SZ 8 Augus~ into an or~ii with an inclination oi about 52 d grees The ilight was powe_red by th~ SL- 4 launch syst m
This is the Soviets l3f n successJu1 recce satelHte launch of 1967 1middothe las t prt~viou-s succossful phat(nbulleaonnaissanc ~ sahgtUite C~smos 108
was launched ori 4 July 196 7 and rccover~d eight days later (NOH JD) (SE GHE T NO FOREIGN DISSEM1NAT10N -- R middotleasable to US UK amp Canada)
9 s~oro~ WJJi 3 2 6 7 ll Au g 19 67
Cosntos 144 Co~mos~ 156middotmiddot
I 50Xl and 3 E013526
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performing the r~mtiltcmiddot missions oi othe1middot Soviet phot0recce satcllites
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The 06CIO-hour launchcs would pelmit the satellites to photograph North ~~mt)rican ta-1middotgcts at ab~llt high noon when solar illuIninashytion o( the middot targets would be at its maximum High-noon photog shyraphy is n0t articQlarly desirable for otciinary- photorecce since there would be ffjv shadows by middotwhich to estimate the dirnensicms of some targets but would be quite suitabl for making comshyparisons of prestrike and post-strike photography Both satellites launched by the same SI-4 launch system appear~~cl to hltt-~ simimiddotilar payloads -- another tactQr which would favor compari-s()n of pn - strike and post-stdke photography Both satellites were launched into orbital illclinations of about 52 degrees which would maximize the number of daylight hours they would sp~ncl over North Am rioan ta-rg ts at tbi$ tin1e o y ar Moreover the similarity o iJaclinations would be advanshytageouts -if both vehicles were to photoeuroraph tl~1e samt~ targets at the same time-S opound day Co-sn-lomiddots t 68 was de-orbiteG (i)ight clay~ before the salvo of cO July a period which woald allow time for simulating pre-strike ta-rget bullbull studies The satellite which failed 2 1 J uly was launched within ahovt 16 hours ~~er the missile salvo opound 20 July - the first opp0rtunity that the Soviets wot~-ld have bad for la11t1c~1 of a simuJated pOgttshystrike reconnaissance satellite fGr which o-ptimuzn lighting cGnshyditions- ov r the target area wemiddot11ld be ensured
Weather dal~ poundrom the tw()) currently operational Soviet meteorological satellitel Cosmos middot 144 a n d Co-smos 156 could have been used it is presutnecl as a basis for timing the launches of the missile-salvo anp the post - strike reshyconnais sance satellite
These possibilities alo~ withthe stepped-up pace opound development af the Sovietmiddots OB -1 orbital bombardment system suggest that the military usemiddots oi svace rank high in thbull priorities of the Soviet space program (NOH AD) -(SECfiEf NO FOREIGN DISSEM_INATmiddotION -- Releasable to US UK amp Canada
Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal
8 seore=t WIR 3267 Jl Aug 1967
bull secr e t
Portion identified as non- I responsive to the appeal I
Reece SateII ite Launched 8August
The Soviets launched a high- resolutl011 photureccwnai s s twcbull sat~llit f r 6m Tyuratam at about 234SZ 8 Augus~ into an or~ii with an inclination oi about 52 d grees The ilight was powe_red by th~ SL- 4 launch syst m
This is the Soviets l3f n successJu1 recce satelHte launch of 1967 1middothe las t prt~viou-s succossful phat(nbulleaonnaissanc ~ sahgtUite C~smos 108
was launched ori 4 July 196 7 and rccover~d eight days later (NOH JD) (SE GHE T NO FOREIGN DISSEM1NAT10N -- R middotleasable to US UK amp Canada)
9 s~oro~ WJJi 3 2 6 7 ll Au g 19 67
Cosntos 144 Co~mos~ 156middotmiddot
I 50Xl and 3 E013526
bull secr e t
Portion identified as non- I responsive to the appeal I
Reece SateII ite Launched 8August
The Soviets launched a high- resolutl011 photureccwnai s s twcbull sat~llit f r 6m Tyuratam at about 234SZ 8 Augus~ into an or~ii with an inclination oi about 52 d grees The ilight was powe_red by th~ SL- 4 launch syst m
This is the Soviets l3f n successJu1 recce satelHte launch of 1967 1middothe las t prt~viou-s succossful phat(nbulleaonnaissanc ~ sahgtUite C~smos 108
was launched ori 4 July 196 7 and rccover~d eight days later (NOH JD) (SE GHE T NO FOREIGN DISSEM1NAT10N -- R middotleasable to US UK amp Canada)
9 s~oro~ WJJi 3 2 6 7 ll Au g 19 67
Cosntos 144 Co~mos~ 156middotmiddot
I 50Xl and 3 E013526
Cosntos 144 Co~mos~ 156middotmiddot
I 50Xl and 3 E013526
