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USSR Advoncing Toward Operqtioncl NAVSAT

Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal

FOREWORD MISSION The mns1on of the terest on significant developments monthly Defmse lnielligcrue Digest is and trends in t4e military capabilishy10 provide all conlponents of the ties andmiddot vulnerabilities pf for~gn Department of Defense and other naticms Emphasis is placed prishyUnited Stat(S ageocics with timely marily on nations and foiecs within intelligence of wide professional in- the Comrpunist World

WA~NING This publication is classhysi1ied secret jJecausc i~ reflects in tellishygence coJtection efforts of the United States and contains inforination afshyfecting the national defense of the tJniiecl Suites within the m~ning of theEspionage Laws Tit)~ 18 USC Section 793 and Section 794 Its transmission or the revelation of its contents in any manner to an unshyauthorized person is prohibittd by Jaw Although the publicatlon is

marked No Foreign Dissemination certain articleS axe releasable to foreignmiddot gpvernments however gtuch rdea$c is controlled bymiddot the Defense Intelligence Agency

_f_

D V BENNETT Lieutenant General USA Director

March 1970 Overall dassi~cotion of this docurnent is SECRET

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bullbull 1969 Apothet active year in Space exploratiOn and (e)earch

repl~t~ wit~ mititary s(fpport applications wa~ marred

by ~arll~l failures fn infeq~lanetary and rnan-r~lated prob~s

ii)terp)ar)etary probe$ nJlkit1~L parashy mal~b~tiorreg ~~ P~f lal1~~9 lt~ ut to PltSSOv~_Tytua~ $oyuz 51

~huLe descents ili~lgh tmiddot heaCJtt~hre Marc~ and a recqllti l11ossrble middot int( tif three wwgtIjlun~ed ofVenps l39rh poundld(id tO funtll~r_t~ the probe was attempted on 2 t1 _middot G Vhic $9yuilt4 arrcl gt

2lanets surfaet however Venui -bull Failure on the frrst att~mpt result eie on o and l7 respeltti~ly latinched on 5middot January made a from the initial cmpl9jncutt o~ ~he middot ~d about meter-smiddotapan Sllatilov paraehure dcentgtcent loJtrougll the atmosshy SL-12 pace launch ~t~ in the shy mmiddotade p manuaJ appreaclalf9 d6ctea phete on H ~ay Venus ~)aupched Soviet iq~erplanctluy Ptltgtgram middotThe Witb Sgyuz 5 Tfi~ twO spatecfaft on 10 January enw~ed th~ dar1csidc SL-12 a four-stage vehihlej is believeC ~CCL -~Y ~4~$d for aSout of tmiddothc plane-t on l7 May approx Capablpound cif placing abQlltsogpmiddotp(llncs ~e orbillmiddot During that fine~o f mately 180 nautical mlles frqm tb~ in Man middotorbit AU previ~~ iotershy middotthO four SOY4Z crermcent0 L~ COl Venus 5 encounter t was the liJtn plan(tary pre~)ili(l middot u~d -~ SL-6 ~eibull2etIY V Khrunov and Aleksei S Spviet anempmiddotc to_la~h sp~cetra ftto (SS- 6 booster With a Venik third tctliered VelllS since L$6l fYen~ls and 6 stage a patkipg-Orbit-ejecti~n wetghed 2492 pounds- f i~ds fotllth 1heavier than -Snus ~) nly ~rce

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vio~IS probcent io the SltrieS t liVC fu y w1~ any dcgrce of success Some measureulen~ obt~ifiltlt from

enus middot4 launched m I96tl Wercent middot ioneous because the probesbaromshy

cter and oet~Aitometer diq not h)lve lc1eqriate rimmiddotges The Soviets falsoiy claimed that Venus 4 had soft-landed SoytZ ~ with Lt oil the planet No such claim vas qlvnQv abo11~ WaS made for Venus ~ arrd 6 ai~~ the lftOctribeJgt data obtained duririg these proh(s ful misioo Ufted off from TyUJlt~tasrr middotS)~ ~ ~middot orcent ~Tlie successful WCJ~ prolaigtJy rnltt~ rdl~le - on 13 July The first strcces)ful I~~r launching1i nf Soyuz 6 7 anq 8

Data oblalied friltn Venus 5 and J orbi~l 1aUlched by Jf1~ S~l2 the marked (hdilst time more than four cinducfed n~easimapelits oftel1pera~~rltj bull y~hidelmiddotoibitcd tile tno ffom J~~ nren bad bMn dtlbullspaee at the - ~nd preSSIllC aud -inforlllatiQfl on the 21 July lowever en~Wer ita pri(e It alsO Wmiddotas tne llrsr ~ Oliernical middot composition of the Yews guide tJie Jippceoaft so~ lun~r middotthF~e mannlidlipac~aft ~middot atrila~phcte The miSiOn$ alsC proshy landJngfaited andmiddotthMehl e ~d taneous orbUs of middotthe earth middotgrqup vidtd data on inter~lanctary space M middot d~ shy ll~ght Oo tllie~ succ~lre ila~ an~ me~surements Of tl)e magregtic Ol)middotre 1 ate space actl~jty middot beginnilg 11 October the $evicts fielCJs and chatged parud~ dgtring SlJI~ 4 ~nil H~~middotampoWUis crimed lauiielcent a SoYiZ into rendezvous- the prc-cpcquater p1ase of thcmiddottlishrs ~e first SUc5esWl cxp~rituentaJ ~pace compaible ()ttbits middotLaunches middot hestin~ti9n-M(jil 11tafiqn with the rendeofl~$ and d~- timejI 5o t~t middottllp ~e spJuecraft fJ ofooynz 4 andS 0Al~ J~n~~o1 r~ain19 rdative~y close tqgePler-~

Ill-~ middot Soviets 4 br ~myenI-A- QhlY a few mrnutes apart P~Sibly cwo Tyura~ bull middotrepresents abQut 250 ~~lbulluua~ ltfars n middot ( was middot Rende~vquS middotand

middot adha

tempted several times tgtut no docking occumgtd Thus the prinwy jgturpostshyof tbe misiion laS not achieved

Soyuz 6also had a middotwelding-experishymcpt n1i$sion Three rclativcly unshysophisticated reirultely co~qlJrd welding experlmltnts were condilcteO inside the forward con1partrncnt by the cosinonau~ vho Tltmairu~d ht the aft compartment middot

In addition three ss-7 142BMs were launched on- dtree successive days while the SQyuz 6 spaJccraft was over the misSile launch facilities at Tyuratam 1_he coSilPnauts probably observed ~he middotlaunch and powered flight ~ail Qfthesc ~~q~ middot middot

Co Shatalov middotpilot o( Soyt1z 8 was mnncd ltommander of the entire seye~rtl~nteaui t-he othcr cOsmonauts in4u4laquo1 Lt Col G~orgiy Shonin and Valeriy Kuba~ov in Soyuz 6 Lt Col Anatoly V Filipshychenko Vladislav N Volkov1 and Lt Col Victor V Oorb~tko in Soyuz 7 and in Aleksci S Yeliscvelt and Sbatalov

Soyuz 8 The th~e spaceeraft remained irl QIbit five das each completing 80 orbits

_onrl 7-0n 7 Aug~t the 8Qvict5 4tumhed the unmanrt~d Zond 7 on lshydrouquunar mi$ion All foU srag~ of the SL-12 perfqrlned fiawlesslyi and th~ tri~ion appeared to Je a cop1plete success Tfiis was the second attempt in 1969 a flilure having occurred in January Returningfrom its circurrihmar ftight Zond 7 reshyentered the earths atmosphere slowed

down and slrlpped out of the atn)Ol-o p)er lil -a subor~i41 irajcctory Tne spacectaft a~in entered middotthe ~osshyphere arid liinefed in the Soviet Union

some +aoomiddotnauticil nilles-down ~efrom it$ atmqspbcn) enqon~er Zon(l probably was a preeursor of a manlloeltl cltqmnlunar 1~~on sirue transarissJo~$ jpcludcd voilte video

middot biome(iical data

BS $hot D1i 15 Septe mbe1middot the middotSovmts comiddotnshycted one-appartltly middotsuccessf9l~ ~tal test of die FOBS~ The missioii

was announc-ed as a middotsCientific res~satdltte and ~e p~yload wasmiddot desig~ nated VostnPs middotmiddot~98 Whiie t~is ~tJ-Ch mP-Y hlve bcen a troop-llalrimg fitmg

ditional flights of middotthis type woul] ve to he Qbscrved t9 ~ake a nigh

confidepcti ass~rnent ofa~trOOp mining prograro The launch came nearly a Y~~ after ~he hst knowa FOBS launch on 2 October 1968

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R~onnai$sance The laul-lch tmiddotatemiddotiot reconnaissance

satellites reached a hghinl$69o- a_ rota of 32 to

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trhe~c also camecl asccondaiy Elint mal ap~ently ~ r e-m3incd essentially uMbangcd sin~ April l9amp2 It was ptob3bly tUed to rccord radar scan rates antenna lopvidtns a~Jd Jrobably dectrltJmagnentt~issions within preselecl~d batds Qosu1~ 264 a~d 1280 and 317-shy

lbre~ lligb-r~lution -satellit~pershyfotmed several in-pl~ne orbital adjustshymenu Theirmiddotorbit altijustmcm engines were middot~parated from middotmiddotfue payload ~-shy

fore deorbit occun-ed This orbital adjusttnent capajgtijity pto-lide-s a change itt the orbitat ~od thus altpounding themiddot grputd ~~~sttltf tl~Co~ ~hicles werelra -~1li1tfor middot13

middot day~ the longest p~ inmiddot the proshy~-mS liistoYmiddot

Nineteeti Sl1telliter indudmg lO wih high tesltilut1on were lallJlched fXtm the Plesetsk Missile and SpaceCenter TPese tsed the middotno~nal 65shydegree or greater inclinations probullviding qw~age qf the lighgr latitll~esTWreen including W high-rewluuon

-satel~t~ ocentf~ launchcent frqtn Tyu(a-middot taJn ani) ~mployed he 52~ and ~65~

middotmiddot degree indlnations The o~e exc_epregnwas Cosmps264 which ~ployed the 70-de(peeinclination

UurWg th~ yeal ~he SQYicent1S l~idmiddot two -satellites middotrrortt Pltsctsk 1bfu ile~ly SOOnauticilltOile circulllt orbhs The laonch vehiCle was SLmiddot6 (SS- 5 lRBl1 pl~~s tltU~

istage) Analysismiddot of

satellite~ (Cosinos 269 and 315) $hpws

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Soviet Space Program 1969

USSR Advoncing Toward Operqtioncl NAVSAT

Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal

FOREWORD MISSION The mns1on of the terest on significant developments monthly Defmse lnielligcrue Digest is and trends in t4e military capabilishy10 provide all conlponents of the ties andmiddot vulnerabilities pf for~gn Department of Defense and other naticms Emphasis is placed prishyUnited Stat(S ageocics with timely marily on nations and foiecs within intelligence of wide professional in- the Comrpunist World

WA~NING This publication is classhysi1ied secret jJecausc i~ reflects in tellishygence coJtection efforts of the United States and contains inforination afshyfecting the national defense of the tJniiecl Suites within the m~ning of theEspionage Laws Tit)~ 18 USC Section 793 and Section 794 Its transmission or the revelation of its contents in any manner to an unshyauthorized person is prohibittd by Jaw Although the publicatlon is

marked No Foreign Dissemination certain articleS axe releasable to foreignmiddot gpvernments however gtuch rdea$c is controlled bymiddot the Defense Intelligence Agency

_f_

D V BENNETT Lieutenant General USA Director

March 1970 Overall dassi~cotion of this docurnent is SECRET

I

I )) ~ ~-~

bull

bullbull 1969 Apothet active year in Space exploratiOn and (e)earch

repl~t~ wit~ mititary s(fpport applications wa~ marred

by ~arll~l failures fn infeq~lanetary and rnan-r~lated prob~s

ii)terp)ar)etary probe$ nJlkit1~L parashy mal~b~tiorreg ~~ P~f lal1~~9 lt~ ut to PltSSOv~_Tytua~ $oyuz 51

~huLe descents ili~lgh tmiddot heaCJtt~hre Marc~ and a recqllti l11ossrble middot int( tif three wwgtIjlun~ed ofVenps l39rh poundld(id tO funtll~r_t~ the probe was attempted on 2 t1 _middot G Vhic $9yuilt4 arrcl gt

2lanets surfaet however Venui -bull Failure on the frrst att~mpt result eie on o and l7 respeltti~ly latinched on 5middot January made a from the initial cmpl9jncutt o~ ~he middot ~d about meter-smiddotapan Sllatilov paraehure dcentgtcent loJtrougll the atmosshy SL-12 pace launch ~t~ in the shy mmiddotade p manuaJ appreaclalf9 d6ctea phete on H ~ay Venus ~)aupched Soviet iq~erplanctluy Ptltgtgram middotThe Witb Sgyuz 5 Tfi~ twO spatecfaft on 10 January enw~ed th~ dar1csidc SL-12 a four-stage vehihlej is believeC ~CCL -~Y ~4~$d for aSout of tmiddothc plane-t on l7 May approx Capablpound cif placing abQlltsogpmiddotp(llncs ~e orbillmiddot During that fine~o f mately 180 nautical mlles frqm tb~ in Man middotorbit AU previ~~ iotershy middotthO four SOY4Z crermcent0 L~ COl Venus 5 encounter t was the liJtn plan(tary pre~)ili(l middot u~d -~ SL-6 ~eibull2etIY V Khrunov and Aleksei S Spviet anempmiddotc to_la~h sp~cetra ftto (SS- 6 booster With a Venik third tctliered VelllS since L$6l fYen~ls and 6 stage a patkipg-Orbit-ejecti~n wetghed 2492 pounds- f i~ds fotllth 1heavier than -Snus ~) nly ~rce

V~r

~W

vio~IS probcent io the SltrieS t liVC fu y w1~ any dcgrce of success Some measureulen~ obt~ifiltlt from

enus middot4 launched m I96tl Wercent middot ioneous because the probesbaromshy

cter and oet~Aitometer diq not h)lve lc1eqriate rimmiddotges The Soviets falsoiy claimed that Venus 4 had soft-landed SoytZ ~ with Lt oil the planet No such claim vas qlvnQv abo11~ WaS made for Venus ~ arrd 6 ai~~ the lftOctribeJgt data obtained duririg these proh(s ful misioo Ufted off from TyUJlt~tasrr middotS)~ ~ ~middot orcent ~Tlie successful WCJ~ prolaigtJy rnltt~ rdl~le - on 13 July The first strcces)ful I~~r launching1i nf Soyuz 6 7 anq 8

Data oblalied friltn Venus 5 and J orbi~l 1aUlched by Jf1~ S~l2 the marked (hdilst time more than four cinducfed n~easimapelits oftel1pera~~rltj bull y~hidelmiddotoibitcd tile tno ffom J~~ nren bad bMn dtlbullspaee at the - ~nd preSSIllC aud -inforlllatiQfl on the 21 July lowever en~Wer ita pri(e It alsO Wmiddotas tne llrsr ~ Oliernical middot composition of the Yews guide tJie Jippceoaft so~ lun~r middotthF~e mannlidlipac~aft ~middot atrila~phcte The miSiOn$ alsC proshy landJngfaited andmiddotthMehl e ~d taneous orbUs of middotthe earth middotgrqup vidtd data on inter~lanctary space M middot d~ shy ll~ght Oo tllie~ succ~lre ila~ an~ me~surements Of tl)e magregtic Ol)middotre 1 ate space actl~jty middot beginnilg 11 October the $evicts fielCJs and chatged parud~ dgtring SlJI~ 4 ~nil H~~middotampoWUis crimed lauiielcent a SoYiZ into rendezvous- the prc-cpcquater p1ase of thcmiddottlishrs ~e first SUc5esWl cxp~rituentaJ ~pace compaible ()ttbits middotLaunches middot hestin~ti9n-M(jil 11tafiqn with the rendeofl~$ and d~- timejI 5o t~t middottllp ~e spJuecraft fJ ofooynz 4 andS 0Al~ J~n~~o1 r~ain19 rdative~y close tqgePler-~

Ill-~ middot Soviets 4 br ~myenI-A- QhlY a few mrnutes apart P~Sibly cwo Tyura~ bull middotrepresents abQut 250 ~~lbulluua~ ltfars n middot ( was middot Rende~vquS middotand

middot adha

tempted several times tgtut no docking occumgtd Thus the prinwy jgturpostshyof tbe misiion laS not achieved

Soyuz 6also had a middotwelding-experishymcpt n1i$sion Three rclativcly unshysophisticated reirultely co~qlJrd welding experlmltnts were condilcteO inside the forward con1partrncnt by the cosinonau~ vho Tltmairu~d ht the aft compartment middot

In addition three ss-7 142BMs were launched on- dtree successive days while the SQyuz 6 spaJccraft was over the misSile launch facilities at Tyuratam 1_he coSilPnauts probably observed ~he middotlaunch and powered flight ~ail Qfthesc ~~q~ middot middot

Co Shatalov middotpilot o( Soyt1z 8 was mnncd ltommander of the entire seye~rtl~nteaui t-he othcr cOsmonauts in4u4laquo1 Lt Col G~orgiy Shonin and Valeriy Kuba~ov in Soyuz 6 Lt Col Anatoly V Filipshychenko Vladislav N Volkov1 and Lt Col Victor V Oorb~tko in Soyuz 7 and in Aleksci S Yeliscvelt and Sbatalov

Soyuz 8 The th~e spaceeraft remained irl QIbit five das each completing 80 orbits

_onrl 7-0n 7 Aug~t the 8Qvict5 4tumhed the unmanrt~d Zond 7 on lshydrouquunar mi$ion All foU srag~ of the SL-12 perfqrlned fiawlesslyi and th~ tri~ion appeared to Je a cop1plete success Tfiis was the second attempt in 1969 a flilure having occurred in January Returningfrom its circurrihmar ftight Zond 7 reshyentered the earths atmosphere slowed

down and slrlpped out of the atn)Ol-o p)er lil -a subor~i41 irajcctory Tne spacectaft a~in entered middotthe ~osshyphere arid liinefed in the Soviet Union

some +aoomiddotnauticil nilles-down ~efrom it$ atmqspbcn) enqon~er Zon(l probably was a preeursor of a manlloeltl cltqmnlunar 1~~on sirue transarissJo~$ jpcludcd voilte video

middot biome(iical data

BS $hot D1i 15 Septe mbe1middot the middotSovmts comiddotnshycted one-appartltly middotsuccessf9l~ ~tal test of die FOBS~ The missioii

was announc-ed as a middotsCientific res~satdltte and ~e p~yload wasmiddot desig~ nated VostnPs middotmiddot~98 Whiie t~is ~tJ-Ch mP-Y hlve bcen a troop-llalrimg fitmg

ditional flights of middotthis type woul] ve to he Qbscrved t9 ~ake a nigh

confidepcti ass~rnent ofa~trOOp mining prograro The launch came nearly a Y~~ after ~he hst knowa FOBS launch on 2 October 1968

bullI

R~onnai$sance The laul-lch tmiddotatemiddotiot reconnaissance

satellites reached a hghinl$69o- a_ rota of 32 to

h) 18

trhe~c also camecl asccondaiy Elint mal ap~ently ~ r e-m3incd essentially uMbangcd sin~ April l9amp2 It was ptob3bly tUed to rccord radar scan rates antenna lopvidtns a~Jd Jrobably dectrltJmagnentt~issions within preselecl~d batds Qosu1~ 264 a~d 1280 and 317-shy

lbre~ lligb-r~lution -satellit~pershyfotmed several in-pl~ne orbital adjustshymenu Theirmiddotorbit altijustmcm engines were middot~parated from middotmiddotfue payload ~-shy

fore deorbit occun-ed This orbital adjusttnent capajgtijity pto-lide-s a change itt the orbitat ~od thus altpounding themiddot grputd ~~~sttltf tl~Co~ ~hicles werelra -~1li1tfor middot13

middot day~ the longest p~ inmiddot the proshy~-mS liistoYmiddot

Nineteeti Sl1telliter indudmg lO wih high tesltilut1on were lallJlched fXtm the Plesetsk Missile and SpaceCenter TPese tsed the middotno~nal 65shydegree or greater inclinations probullviding qw~age qf the lighgr latitll~esTWreen including W high-rewluuon

-satel~t~ ocentf~ launchcent frqtn Tyu(a-middot taJn ani) ~mployed he 52~ and ~65~

middotmiddot degree indlnations The o~e exc_epregnwas Cosmps264 which ~ployed the 70-de(peeinclination

UurWg th~ yeal ~he SQYicent1S l~idmiddot two -satellites middotrrortt Pltsctsk 1bfu ile~ly SOOnauticilltOile circulllt orbhs The laonch vehiCle was SLmiddot6 (SS- 5 lRBl1 pl~~s tltU~

istage) Analysismiddot of

satellite~ (Cosinos 269 and 315) $hpws

Soyuz 6_0 atld 8 middotCJJSmqfJfJIIts serted Jhe missil)tf f1nd yenetiStfjJvl ftfRIing aremiddotmiddot

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middot middot

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Igtickuge

middot

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bullbull 1969 Apothet active year in Space exploratiOn and (e)earch

repl~t~ wit~ mititary s(fpport applications wa~ marred

by ~arll~l failures fn infeq~lanetary and rnan-r~lated prob~s

ii)terp)ar)etary probe$ nJlkit1~L parashy mal~b~tiorreg ~~ P~f lal1~~9 lt~ ut to PltSSOv~_Tytua~ $oyuz 51

~huLe descents ili~lgh tmiddot heaCJtt~hre Marc~ and a recqllti l11ossrble middot int( tif three wwgtIjlun~ed ofVenps l39rh poundld(id tO funtll~r_t~ the probe was attempted on 2 t1 _middot G Vhic $9yuilt4 arrcl gt

2lanets surfaet however Venui -bull Failure on the frrst att~mpt result eie on o and l7 respeltti~ly latinched on 5middot January made a from the initial cmpl9jncutt o~ ~he middot ~d about meter-smiddotapan Sllatilov paraehure dcentgtcent loJtrougll the atmosshy SL-12 pace launch ~t~ in the shy mmiddotade p manuaJ appreaclalf9 d6ctea phete on H ~ay Venus ~)aupched Soviet iq~erplanctluy Ptltgtgram middotThe Witb Sgyuz 5 Tfi~ twO spatecfaft on 10 January enw~ed th~ dar1csidc SL-12 a four-stage vehihlej is believeC ~CCL -~Y ~4~$d for aSout of tmiddothc plane-t on l7 May approx Capablpound cif placing abQlltsogpmiddotp(llncs ~e orbillmiddot During that fine~o f mately 180 nautical mlles frqm tb~ in Man middotorbit AU previ~~ iotershy middotthO four SOY4Z crermcent0 L~ COl Venus 5 encounter t was the liJtn plan(tary pre~)ili(l middot u~d -~ SL-6 ~eibull2etIY V Khrunov and Aleksei S Spviet anempmiddotc to_la~h sp~cetra ftto (SS- 6 booster With a Venik third tctliered VelllS since L$6l fYen~ls and 6 stage a patkipg-Orbit-ejecti~n wetghed 2492 pounds- f i~ds fotllth 1heavier than -Snus ~) nly ~rce

V~r

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vio~IS probcent io the SltrieS t liVC fu y w1~ any dcgrce of success Some measureulen~ obt~ifiltlt from

enus middot4 launched m I96tl Wercent middot ioneous because the probesbaromshy

cter and oet~Aitometer diq not h)lve lc1eqriate rimmiddotges The Soviets falsoiy claimed that Venus 4 had soft-landed SoytZ ~ with Lt oil the planet No such claim vas qlvnQv abo11~ WaS made for Venus ~ arrd 6 ai~~ the lftOctribeJgt data obtained duririg these proh(s ful misioo Ufted off from TyUJlt~tasrr middotS)~ ~ ~middot orcent ~Tlie successful WCJ~ prolaigtJy rnltt~ rdl~le - on 13 July The first strcces)ful I~~r launching1i nf Soyuz 6 7 anq 8

Data oblalied friltn Venus 5 and J orbi~l 1aUlched by Jf1~ S~l2 the marked (hdilst time more than four cinducfed n~easimapelits oftel1pera~~rltj bull y~hidelmiddotoibitcd tile tno ffom J~~ nren bad bMn dtlbullspaee at the - ~nd preSSIllC aud -inforlllatiQfl on the 21 July lowever en~Wer ita pri(e It alsO Wmiddotas tne llrsr ~ Oliernical middot composition of the Yews guide tJie Jippceoaft so~ lun~r middotthF~e mannlidlipac~aft ~middot atrila~phcte The miSiOn$ alsC proshy landJngfaited andmiddotthMehl e ~d taneous orbUs of middotthe earth middotgrqup vidtd data on inter~lanctary space M middot d~ shy ll~ght Oo tllie~ succ~lre ila~ an~ me~surements Of tl)e magregtic Ol)middotre 1 ate space actl~jty middot beginnilg 11 October the $evicts fielCJs and chatged parud~ dgtring SlJI~ 4 ~nil H~~middotampoWUis crimed lauiielcent a SoYiZ into rendezvous- the prc-cpcquater p1ase of thcmiddottlishrs ~e first SUc5esWl cxp~rituentaJ ~pace compaible ()ttbits middotLaunches middot hestin~ti9n-M(jil 11tafiqn with the rendeofl~$ and d~- timejI 5o t~t middottllp ~e spJuecraft fJ ofooynz 4 andS 0Al~ J~n~~o1 r~ain19 rdative~y close tqgePler-~

Ill-~ middot Soviets 4 br ~myenI-A- QhlY a few mrnutes apart P~Sibly cwo Tyura~ bull middotrepresents abQut 250 ~~lbulluua~ ltfars n middot ( was middot Rende~vquS middotand

middot adha

tempted several times tgtut no docking occumgtd Thus the prinwy jgturpostshyof tbe misiion laS not achieved

Soyuz 6also had a middotwelding-experishymcpt n1i$sion Three rclativcly unshysophisticated reirultely co~qlJrd welding experlmltnts were condilcteO inside the forward con1partrncnt by the cosinonau~ vho Tltmairu~d ht the aft compartment middot

In addition three ss-7 142BMs were launched on- dtree successive days while the SQyuz 6 spaJccraft was over the misSile launch facilities at Tyuratam 1_he coSilPnauts probably observed ~he middotlaunch and powered flight ~ail Qfthesc ~~q~ middot middot

Co Shatalov middotpilot o( Soyt1z 8 was mnncd ltommander of the entire seye~rtl~nteaui t-he othcr cOsmonauts in4u4laquo1 Lt Col G~orgiy Shonin and Valeriy Kuba~ov in Soyuz 6 Lt Col Anatoly V Filipshychenko Vladislav N Volkov1 and Lt Col Victor V Oorb~tko in Soyuz 7 and in Aleksci S Yeliscvelt and Sbatalov

Soyuz 8 The th~e spaceeraft remained irl QIbit five das each completing 80 orbits

_onrl 7-0n 7 Aug~t the 8Qvict5 4tumhed the unmanrt~d Zond 7 on lshydrouquunar mi$ion All foU srag~ of the SL-12 perfqrlned fiawlesslyi and th~ tri~ion appeared to Je a cop1plete success Tfiis was the second attempt in 1969 a flilure having occurred in January Returningfrom its circurrihmar ftight Zond 7 reshyentered the earths atmosphere slowed

down and slrlpped out of the atn)Ol-o p)er lil -a subor~i41 irajcctory Tne spacectaft a~in entered middotthe ~osshyphere arid liinefed in the Soviet Union

some +aoomiddotnauticil nilles-down ~efrom it$ atmqspbcn) enqon~er Zon(l probably was a preeursor of a manlloeltl cltqmnlunar 1~~on sirue transarissJo~$ jpcludcd voilte video

middot biome(iical data

BS $hot D1i 15 Septe mbe1middot the middotSovmts comiddotnshycted one-appartltly middotsuccessf9l~ ~tal test of die FOBS~ The missioii

was announc-ed as a middotsCientific res~satdltte and ~e p~yload wasmiddot desig~ nated VostnPs middotmiddot~98 Whiie t~is ~tJ-Ch mP-Y hlve bcen a troop-llalrimg fitmg

ditional flights of middotthis type woul] ve to he Qbscrved t9 ~ake a nigh

confidepcti ass~rnent ofa~trOOp mining prograro The launch came nearly a Y~~ after ~he hst knowa FOBS launch on 2 October 1968

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satellites reached a hghinl$69o- a_ rota of 32 to

h) 18

trhe~c also camecl asccondaiy Elint mal ap~ently ~ r e-m3incd essentially uMbangcd sin~ April l9amp2 It was ptob3bly tUed to rccord radar scan rates antenna lopvidtns a~Jd Jrobably dectrltJmagnentt~issions within preselecl~d batds Qosu1~ 264 a~d 1280 and 317-shy

lbre~ lligb-r~lution -satellit~pershyfotmed several in-pl~ne orbital adjustshymenu Theirmiddotorbit altijustmcm engines were middot~parated from middotmiddotfue payload ~-shy

fore deorbit occun-ed This orbital adjusttnent capajgtijity pto-lide-s a change itt the orbitat ~od thus altpounding themiddot grputd ~~~sttltf tl~Co~ ~hicles werelra -~1li1tfor middot13

middot day~ the longest p~ inmiddot the proshy~-mS liistoYmiddot

Nineteeti Sl1telliter indudmg lO wih high tesltilut1on were lallJlched fXtm the Plesetsk Missile and SpaceCenter TPese tsed the middotno~nal 65shydegree or greater inclinations probullviding qw~age qf the lighgr latitll~esTWreen including W high-rewluuon

-satel~t~ ocentf~ launchcent frqtn Tyu(a-middot taJn ani) ~mployed he 52~ and ~65~

middotmiddot degree indlnations The o~e exc_epregnwas Cosmps264 which ~ployed the 70-de(peeinclination

UurWg th~ yeal ~he SQYicent1S l~idmiddot two -satellites middotrrortt Pltsctsk 1bfu ile~ly SOOnauticilltOile circulllt orbhs The laonch vehiCle was SLmiddot6 (SS- 5 lRBl1 pl~~s tltU~

istage) Analysismiddot of

satellite~ (Cosinos 269 and 315) $hpws

Soyuz 6_0 atld 8 middotCJJSmqfJfJIIts serted Jhe missil)tf f1nd yenetiStfjJvl ftfRIing aremiddotmiddot

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tempted several times tgtut no docking occumgtd Thus the prinwy jgturpostshyof tbe misiion laS not achieved

Soyuz 6also had a middotwelding-experishymcpt n1i$sion Three rclativcly unshysophisticated reirultely co~qlJrd welding experlmltnts were condilcteO inside the forward con1partrncnt by the cosinonau~ vho Tltmairu~d ht the aft compartment middot

In addition three ss-7 142BMs were launched on- dtree successive days while the SQyuz 6 spaJccraft was over the misSile launch facilities at Tyuratam 1_he coSilPnauts probably observed ~he middotlaunch and powered flight ~ail Qfthesc ~~q~ middot middot

Co Shatalov middotpilot o( Soyt1z 8 was mnncd ltommander of the entire seye~rtl~nteaui t-he othcr cOsmonauts in4u4laquo1 Lt Col G~orgiy Shonin and Valeriy Kuba~ov in Soyuz 6 Lt Col Anatoly V Filipshychenko Vladislav N Volkov1 and Lt Col Victor V Oorb~tko in Soyuz 7 and in Aleksci S Yeliscvelt and Sbatalov

Soyuz 8 The th~e spaceeraft remained irl QIbit five das each completing 80 orbits

_onrl 7-0n 7 Aug~t the 8Qvict5 4tumhed the unmanrt~d Zond 7 on lshydrouquunar mi$ion All foU srag~ of the SL-12 perfqrlned fiawlesslyi and th~ tri~ion appeared to Je a cop1plete success Tfiis was the second attempt in 1969 a flilure having occurred in January Returningfrom its circurrihmar ftight Zond 7 reshyentered the earths atmosphere slowed

down and slrlpped out of the atn)Ol-o p)er lil -a subor~i41 irajcctory Tne spacectaft a~in entered middotthe ~osshyphere arid liinefed in the Soviet Union

some +aoomiddotnauticil nilles-down ~efrom it$ atmqspbcn) enqon~er Zon(l probably was a preeursor of a manlloeltl cltqmnlunar 1~~on sirue transarissJo~$ jpcludcd voilte video

middot biome(iical data

BS $hot D1i 15 Septe mbe1middot the middotSovmts comiddotnshycted one-appartltly middotsuccessf9l~ ~tal test of die FOBS~ The missioii

was announc-ed as a middotsCientific res~satdltte and ~e p~yload wasmiddot desig~ nated VostnPs middotmiddot~98 Whiie t~is ~tJ-Ch mP-Y hlve bcen a troop-llalrimg fitmg

ditional flights of middotthis type woul] ve to he Qbscrved t9 ~ake a nigh

confidepcti ass~rnent ofa~trOOp mining prograro The launch came nearly a Y~~ after ~he hst knowa FOBS launch on 2 October 1968

bullI

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satellites reached a hghinl$69o- a_ rota of 32 to

h) 18

trhe~c also camecl asccondaiy Elint mal ap~ently ~ r e-m3incd essentially uMbangcd sin~ April l9amp2 It was ptob3bly tUed to rccord radar scan rates antenna lopvidtns a~Jd Jrobably dectrltJmagnentt~issions within preselecl~d batds Qosu1~ 264 a~d 1280 and 317-shy

lbre~ lligb-r~lution -satellit~pershyfotmed several in-pl~ne orbital adjustshymenu Theirmiddotorbit altijustmcm engines were middot~parated from middotmiddotfue payload ~-shy

fore deorbit occun-ed This orbital adjusttnent capajgtijity pto-lide-s a change itt the orbitat ~od thus altpounding themiddot grputd ~~~sttltf tl~Co~ ~hicles werelra -~1li1tfor middot13

middot day~ the longest p~ inmiddot the proshy~-mS liistoYmiddot

Nineteeti Sl1telliter indudmg lO wih high tesltilut1on were lallJlched fXtm the Plesetsk Missile and SpaceCenter TPese tsed the middotno~nal 65shydegree or greater inclinations probullviding qw~age qf the lighgr latitll~esTWreen including W high-rewluuon

-satel~t~ ocentf~ launchcent frqtn Tyu(a-middot taJn ani) ~mployed he 52~ and ~65~

middotmiddot degree indlnations The o~e exc_epregnwas Cosmps264 which ~ployed the 70-de(peeinclination

UurWg th~ yeal ~he SQYicent1S l~idmiddot two -satellites middotrrortt Pltsctsk 1bfu ile~ly SOOnauticilltOile circulllt orbhs The laonch vehiCle was SLmiddot6 (SS- 5 lRBl1 pl~~s tltU~

istage) Analysismiddot of

satellite~ (Cosinos 269 and 315) $hpws

Soyuz 6_0 atld 8 middotCJJSmqfJfJIIts serted Jhe missil)tf f1nd yenetiStfjJvl ftfRIing aremiddotmiddot

f

middot middot

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activity predominan-tly over areas of prixnc imclligence inwret to the USSR These vehicles middot have beei id_~l) dfied as i nformatlcm-collcctto~ ~at_middot lhtcs They ma) hnvc an Ehnt o_un~issancc nrission CommunicQtjons 1OMolniya- f 11 laurlchecl from Ty~ riitarn on I I April and Moh1iva- I 2 lamvhcd on 22 July- prov-ided hc Soviets with five active communi-ations smcllitcs three of which arc

probably still functioning The launch vehicle in l~oth cases was the SL-6 whkh bad been used in all Moluiya-I op~ati()ns

Molniya-type satel1itcs havr ap middotovbilal period of 12 h9urs and arcso paced tbat they can be used for daHv imited-access communications Since he orbits are highly elliptical itb pogees in the northern hernisph~rc hey p_rovide excellent coverage for

ground middot terminals at high latitudes uch as lvfoscow atid Vladivostok

Television programs originating fcon1 hese cities arc relayed by satellite to eceiving stations (Orbita) in remote egions of ihe USSR Orbita statiorns elay the progtmiddot~m by radio~tmiddotclay ransrnission or cable to local TV tations

Within the Soviet Union only Moscow and Vladivostok terminals eportedly receive telephone and ele-middotaph traffic or have a grouna-toshyatellite transmission capaliility Thepace support ship) Komnrou provides

th~ Qny Comsat terminal outside the GSSR This terminal probably can communicate vith the USSR vla Mol_uiya-I from almost any point at

hernisphere

1 During 1969 the Soviets attemptedt Launch three meteprological satelshylites from Plesetsk 011 a nominal 81-degrce indinati01i The first on 1 February failed during laun~h Two subsequent lnunches---on 26 - March and 15 October--were successful and were designated Mltteor by the Sovjets Priot to middot these -launches the name Meteor wa~ applied to the overall weather satellite system-the saclshylites ground stations and prXessing distribution installations middotmiddot

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e Soviets have endeavored tokeep two active weather satellites in orbi~ con~im)ously Meteor 2 probshyably replacing -Cosnros 226 was launched approxiniately 120-degrees out-of-phaslt~ of 1VJctcor This o_ccasion tnabed TASS to stress the scie-ntific and pmiddoteaceflll uses of the Meteor sy~tern nol mentiOned was the milLshytary vahte 1iihererit in a network w-hich provides met~orological observations

bull

N~vi~arion-Faur navigation satellites (NAVshy

SATS) were placed into a 74-degr~e orbital indinalion during 1969 from llcsctsk by the SL-8 laul)ch syste1i1 Cosmos 272 (launched on 17 March) and Cosmos 312 (launched on 24 Novcmpcr) were placed into a ncarshycircular earth orbit of ~bout 650 nautical miles Cosmos 292 and 304 launched on 13 August and 21 Octobtr respectively had near-cirshycular orbits of about 400 nautical miles

The Soviets have used tv(o different orbital altitudes iu their navigational satellite program The vehicle on the lower orbit (about 400 nautical miles) may be civilian-oriented the one at

the higher orbit (650 nmiddotaut~cal mi~es) may have a military application The higher altitude satellite provides a greater line-of-sigh~ radius tbaJ is helpful ouer ocean areas

The navigation satellite program was phased with the dev~lopment of middotcccntnudear-powcted ballistic missile subrnarines Such satellites would provide a reliable aid for refining the location of launch points for seashylaunched ballistic missiles in time of war The extent to which they are used is not k1iown Currendy the Soviets have five activeNAVSATs in orbit thec at the higher and two at

lower orbit

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ntific middot Fifte~n sctentifilt research satellites

were launched during 1969 two lessmiddotthan in l8 Four middotwere launched from Kapustin Yrubull lJ were l(unched f1middotorn Plesetsk-middotonc of wllich failed to achic~middote fJrbit and otic middotfaiied to transmit data T~ese small satellites weighing fom 400 to 800 pounc)si were plated into orbit by the SL~7 (consistlng of tlle SS-t and aIi t_1p~r stage) A numl)ei of fuese osatellite~ conduct ~searci on space cnvitpn~ middotmeot cmphasizing radiation measweshyments

On 14 October the Soviets launched lmcrcosmof-L from lashypustiri Yar TASS announced that ~ntercosmos-1 gtvas a cooperative proshygram of socialist countries anci that the payload catmiddottied sdenufic ihsubullushyments devei~~dptoduccd in East Gcn~aoy the ampwtet Union and Czechoslovakia The flight was dishyrected by an operational grqup ci)nshysisting of spedaHsts from the thremiddot contributing countries

The announc~ pltrpose of lnicr- cosmos--1 vas to studgtmiddot the lluiS ulumiddotaviolet and X-ray radiatiot~ arid the cffeels 011 the tructur~ of the earths up~ attilltlSp~c~f FacilhiltS in B~~lgaria Hungazy 1 East GtJrma)y Rornatiia Czt-poundhoslo-vakia a nd tfie Soviet Union obs~xvcd the satellites operations

On 25 December h1tcrcosntos- 2 was launched frommiddot Kapustln middotYar TASS annotmced that patt$ of the scientine insttumentS wetmiddote middot tnadc in Bulgdria in addition wmiddot the three nations which were involvcd middotin Inter-cosmos- shy

Maneuverable middotFou during 1969 were

made V-ith anL- 11 middotthat may have included a maneuvering payload T9 failed to achi~ve orbit wiili a malshyfunction occurring on the maneuvering stage Cosm()S 291 and 316 launchd on G August a11d 23 ~cember rcshyspcctivltH)~ hat initial apogees of 300

and 90Q nautical miles respectively The space lunch mtetn ~ 11as been bodl versions f the SL- 1L

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34rfy S()yuz [U]

ntific middot Fifte~n sctentifilt research satellites

were launched during 1969 two lessmiddotthan in l8 Four middotwere launched from Kapustin Yrubull lJ were l(unched f1middotorn Plesetsk-middotonc of wllich failed to achic~middote fJrbit and otic middotfaiied to transmit data T~ese small satellites weighing fom 400 to 800 pounc)si were plated into orbit by the SL~7 (consistlng of tlle SS-t and aIi t_1p~r stage) A numl)ei of fuese osatellite~ conduct ~searci on space cnvitpn~ middotmeot cmphasizing radiation measweshyments

On 14 October the Soviets launched lmcrcosmof-L from lashypustiri Yar TASS announced that ~ntercosmos-1 gtvas a cooperative proshygram of socialist countries anci that the payload catmiddottied sdenufic ihsubullushyments devei~~dptoduccd in East Gcn~aoy the ampwtet Union and Czechoslovakia The flight was dishyrected by an operational grqup ci)nshysisting of spedaHsts from the thremiddot contributing countries

The announc~ pltrpose of lnicr- cosmos--1 vas to studgtmiddot the lluiS ulumiddotaviolet and X-ray radiatiot~ arid the cffeels 011 the tructur~ of the earths up~ attilltlSp~c~f FacilhiltS in B~~lgaria Hungazy 1 East GtJrma)y Rornatiia Czt-poundhoslo-vakia a nd tfie Soviet Union obs~xvcd the satellites operations

On 25 December h1tcrcosntos- 2 was launched frommiddot Kapustln middotYar TASS annotmced that patt$ of the scientine insttumentS wetmiddote middot tnadc in Bulgdria in addition wmiddot the three nations which were involvcd middotin Inter-cosmos- shy

Maneuverable middotFou during 1969 were

made V-ith anL- 11 middotthat may have included a maneuvering payload T9 failed to achi~ve orbit wiili a malshyfunction occurring on the maneuvering stage Cosm()S 291 and 316 launchd on G August a11d 23 ~cember rcshyspcctivltH)~ hat initial apogees of 300

and 90Q nautical miles respectively The space lunch mtetn ~ 11as been bodl versions f the SL- 1L

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that the ~atdlite suffered a UllS$~On faUure The vehicle subsequently de-middot cayed in the earths umosphere on 8

September Cosmos 315

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28Nov

Slrtriet dhtwi11g of SuyIZ itJ orbit [U]

Initially it wns injected

ixito a 90-nautical-mile perigee 900shynautical-ri)ie apogee orbit by the SL- 11 It was the first maneuverable satellite ro be launch~ into a 49shydegrce orbit frorn Tywmiddotatam Previous maneuverable satellites have been launched ft-om Tyuratam on 62- and 65-dcgrcc inclinations

Maneuverable satellites flown in 1968 demonstrated the capability of making significant in~plane orbital diangrs about 2500 ftjsec velocity change has bce-t1 dernonsnatcd The data on the maneuverable satellites f9wn in I96S wcre not entirely clear Dut ~bt evidence points to developshymeptof a sat~llitc negation Cltlpability for s0rne of these op()ratiomr The flights in 1969 with the different inclinations and trajectories used cannQt b~ clearly relatcd to the specific testing seen with Cosm)S 248 249 and 252 in the fall ol 1968 Thus the development phase for several programs ISillg the SL-11 and maneuvering stage as a base may be emerging In any event the circlunstart~ surrounding these tests tend to indiCate an involvcmcrit middotwith military missions

Vericallaunches the Soviets launched 42 vertical

researcb vehicles from Kapustin Yar during 1969-tcn 110r~~ middotthan last years record total of 32 launcbes Several gtf this years launches o~curred du11iog e(dy morning hours coinshy~iding with known increased solarshyflare activity and 1t a tilllt of day whltrt unusual propagation condilious often prevaiL This bigh launch rate is uudoubcedly rclared to the ract that the 11-year cycle of $cifar aetivi~ ill approach a peak in June-Ju1y of I970 The S0viets are probably conshydtJCting this research to bcttltr predict major flares whi-ch are of prime impotiance middotdtumiddoting the periods of rrianncd launch because of the pO-SSible danger of the cosruonauts exposure to protonjcosmic ray fluxes [END]

~27March 197

OPERATIONAL NAVSAT A middot navigation oaatit VSAT) middot specl~c locatiQn This is accdtnplishe_d tW(Ntagc tand~m vehiCle with progtam middotnow uode~

a scentashyin the by thtmiddotmiddot- ~atclli-te tl-all$mitt1ng Its locashy Ol)9 stagct~tartcapability The initial middot

USSR -apparently is _a ~uccess arid tion an~ -velocity in a lioqidinatc-$y~middot st~g~ is a m9Ptficd SS-5 it1Jamp-~nedi1lt~ 5feploym~ot o( an opep1tionaJ giGbal tern ray_igat~n are therelly provided r~gc balli~tic 1ni~ile the second stage NAVSAT is expecte-d shortly With -a stable middot tirite refercnee and

i~ designcd ftgtr $pace operations radio frequellcy for dbppler tracking Estimatcllga)1oad capability of Since 1967middot eighi llatfllltes have purposes middot the

been launched and identified as hlt-ving syst-em Is 300() ponilds in a 100shya navigation miSsiOJ1 The primar Th~ faurtcher nautical-mile (mn) circular orbit Tpurpose of such vehicles is tf) provide T)l~ SL--8 launch system-middotSed -for SL~-8 has heen us~ primarily ~thp-user with data fotmiddot detennining his aU navigation satellites-c_onss~ of a launching sin~je payload$ duling the

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last few years but bas also launched trjpJet and quintuplet satellites

The launching of Cosmos 192 from Plesetsk on 23 November 196 was identified as the first successful Soviet NAVSAT laumiddotnch This satellite transshymitted for almost two years--iudiqJt-ing a long Jife satclli~e dcSign

The navigation satellite is estimated Lo weigh I200 pounds With a roughly cylindrical cbnfiguratibn it is about 8 to I0 feet long and 4 (ret in diameter SateUitc protrusions could be anten-

nae Currently five of the eight satellites launched are active-Col-mos 220 256 272 292 and 312 Cosmos 304 hasbeen the only known paylo~dshyinitial-operating failuremiddot of the eight launches Cosmos 158 may have been a precursor NAVSAT launChed from Tyuratam that also ailed to operate The NAVSAT storage system cashy

pacity is ostensibly comparable to thiu of the US Transit-loaded twice daily with data for l6 heurs As each Translt passes with4~ range of th~ coAuoi facility orbital data and time corrections -are sent to the Transit Injec~on of this data at 12-hour intershyvals provides the rltq uired accuracy

Command activities for this proshygram are suspected to o1middotiginate frou) the Moscow area

Looking ahead

The progress and success ef the NAVSAT program indicates that the sy~tem middotmay be or will soon be operashytioJ~al rhc NAVSAT program is probably iatendcd to supply the USSR with a middotmecl1anism to refine the acshycur-acy of a submarine-launched baJshyirstic Iilissilc and to servmiddoteasan oceanic navigation aid ~END)

Intermediate Rm1ge Ballistic Missile (abow)-SL~B systei11used to launch all lamiddotpound11yenuJIm satelites employs a lt(Jdijied SS-5 vehicle as the h1itial stage J8f

EXPERIMENTAL tiAVSATS C~ trmmnmiddotDn~ Ajlogu 6un) J92 2S Nov lJlamp7 437 -203 20 Feb f96S 652 220 i Ma~middot l968 41middot 256 30N6 l968 ~6 middot272 11 yen0 1969 amp59 29-2 J-3 ~U$ J9ji9 410

~04 81 Oct middot969 -~ middot2ftlNlgt~ 1middot969- 3]2

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OPERATIONAL NAVSAT A middot navigation oaatit VSAT) middot specl~c locatiQn This is accdtnplishe_d tW(Ntagc tand~m vehiCle with progtam middotnow uode~

a scentashyin the by thtmiddotmiddot- ~atclli-te tl-all$mitt1ng Its locashy Ol)9 stagct~tartcapability The initial middot

USSR -apparently is _a ~uccess arid tion an~ -velocity in a lioqidinatc-$y~middot st~g~ is a m9Ptficd SS-5 it1Jamp-~nedi1lt~ 5feploym~ot o( an opep1tionaJ giGbal tern ray_igat~n are therelly provided r~gc balli~tic 1ni~ile the second stage NAVSAT is expecte-d shortly With -a stable middot tirite refercnee and

i~ designcd ftgtr $pace operations radio frequellcy for dbppler tracking Estimatcllga)1oad capability of Since 1967middot eighi llatfllltes have purposes middot the

been launched and identified as hlt-ving syst-em Is 300() ponilds in a 100shya navigation miSsiOJ1 The primar Th~ faurtcher nautical-mile (mn) circular orbit Tpurpose of such vehicles is tf) provide T)l~ SL--8 launch system-middotSed -for SL~-8 has heen us~ primarily ~thp-user with data fotmiddot detennining his aU navigation satellites-c_onss~ of a launching sin~je payload$ duling the

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last few years but bas also launched trjpJet and quintuplet satellites

The launching of Cosmos 192 from Plesetsk on 23 November 196 was identified as the first successful Soviet NAVSAT laumiddotnch This satellite transshymitted for almost two years--iudiqJt-ing a long Jife satclli~e dcSign

The navigation satellite is estimated Lo weigh I200 pounds With a roughly cylindrical cbnfiguratibn it is about 8 to I0 feet long and 4 (ret in diameter SateUitc protrusions could be anten-

nae Currently five of the eight satellites launched are active-Col-mos 220 256 272 292 and 312 Cosmos 304 hasbeen the only known paylo~dshyinitial-operating failuremiddot of the eight launches Cosmos 158 may have been a precursor NAVSAT launChed from Tyuratam that also ailed to operate The NAVSAT storage system cashy

pacity is ostensibly comparable to thiu of the US Transit-loaded twice daily with data for l6 heurs As each Translt passes with4~ range of th~ coAuoi facility orbital data and time corrections -are sent to the Transit Injec~on of this data at 12-hour intershyvals provides the rltq uired accuracy

Command activities for this proshygram are suspected to o1middotiginate frou) the Moscow area

Looking ahead

The progress and success ef the NAVSAT program indicates that the sy~tem middotmay be or will soon be operashytioJ~al rhc NAVSAT program is probably iatendcd to supply the USSR with a middotmecl1anism to refine the acshycur-acy of a submarine-launched baJshyirstic Iilissilc and to servmiddoteasan oceanic navigation aid ~END)

Intermediate Rm1ge Ballistic Missile (abow)-SL~B systei11used to launch all lamiddotpound11yenuJIm satelites employs a lt(Jdijied SS-5 vehicle as the h1itial stage J8f

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last few years but bas also launched trjpJet and quintuplet satellites

The launching of Cosmos 192 from Plesetsk on 23 November 196 was identified as the first successful Soviet NAVSAT laumiddotnch This satellite transshymitted for almost two years--iudiqJt-ing a long Jife satclli~e dcSign

The navigation satellite is estimated Lo weigh I200 pounds With a roughly cylindrical cbnfiguratibn it is about 8 to I0 feet long and 4 (ret in diameter SateUitc protrusions could be anten-

nae Currently five of the eight satellites launched are active-Col-mos 220 256 272 292 and 312 Cosmos 304 hasbeen the only known paylo~dshyinitial-operating failuremiddot of the eight launches Cosmos 158 may have been a precursor NAVSAT launChed from Tyuratam that also ailed to operate The NAVSAT storage system cashy

pacity is ostensibly comparable to thiu of the US Transit-loaded twice daily with data for l6 heurs As each Translt passes with4~ range of th~ coAuoi facility orbital data and time corrections -are sent to the Transit Injec~on of this data at 12-hour intershyvals provides the rltq uired accuracy

Command activities for this proshygram are suspected to o1middotiginate frou) the Moscow area

Looking ahead

The progress and success ef the NAVSAT program indicates that the sy~tem middotmay be or will soon be operashytioJ~al rhc NAVSAT program is probably iatendcd to supply the USSR with a middotmecl1anism to refine the acshycur-acy of a submarine-launched baJshyirstic Iilissilc and to servmiddoteasan oceanic navigation aid ~END)

Intermediate Rm1ge Ballistic Missile (abow)-SL~B systei11used to launch all lamiddotpound11yenuJIm satelites employs a lt(Jdijied SS-5 vehicle as the h1itial stage J8f

EXPERIMENTAL tiAVSATS C~ trmmnmiddotDn~ Ajlogu 6un) J92 2S Nov lJlamp7 437 -203 20 Feb f96S 652 220 i Ma~middot l968 41middot 256 30N6 l968 ~6 middot272 11 yen0 1969 amp59 29-2 J-3 ~U$ J9ji9 410

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