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in Brief
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Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal
Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal
COSMOS UO OF middot ORS1TED -lP reatLy impeted (urtber ~abullt than usua L
THl SOV IETS )IAlf ATTEM P T middottMARS LANPl NC IN l l69
Cl114 itgtchsd tile detltgtctio ilivices SOVlT WpoundAHER SArEL~riSS REVJEWpound0
Dota receivlttdmiddotl~ US rom USSR middotis Ia~ NO lOUS T ESTamp CQfDUCTBD Sl1Ci LASl OCT013E R
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to thbull bullYfmiddot SOVIET liATELLlTE TRAQltLG CAMERAS REP ORTEDLlNSTLLpound0 IN ~i-11 AND THE ANTARCTIC
Soviocbull p-obabl y wAn~ lp excbange tucking da ta With us
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W ould pTobably l nvollrc rtndtNltgta s knd docollng IlSl OF ACI1Vl SOVUT SAtELLrtES
Furtber-agtoro aophblica ted m tHjono impiled COSMOS ll2 ampnd 2 1 ltENOEZVOUS ~D OOCllt
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SECRET
Signshy ificant
Intelligenc-e
on space
developments
and trends
cosmos 2IO De-Orbited
Cosmo-s GlO the low lbullesoLutio-nELINT coll ctioa satellite- launched from Plesctsk onmiddot 3 April 1968 was deo1middotbited on 11 April 1lt)6-8 early on revohition 125
The satellite crossed the aquato~ at about 2amp9 de_g~ees Wet lo11gitude and appa r(Ontl y iri1pacted at about 07WZ in the general ar-ea of 5ZOON 078~5E a l ittl~ tadher eas t tJran th e ncHmmiddotaI This JPay be expla-ined by the fact that this was the- firsectgttmiddotfime an 81-4egr inclination was used for a photo ~econnmiddot alssanee sategtllite and thus may be the intend-ed impact arEfa poundo-r
(ihkle$ ap thi~ il)d~nati~~- (~GltAD) S~CREl NO F~RElGN DISSEMINATfQN RelEpoundasabte to US UK amp C apada
The soviets May Attempt a Mars Landing in 1969
The Soviets are reportedl y plapning a Mar$ landi~g in 1969 which will involve a big_ heavy packagmiddote indudiflg piological cxpe~iments Such a rni~sion would have lo he launched jIl latemiddot 1968
Commenb Th Soviets co~lZl ~ttempt to _p-La~ltgt a researCh pa-ckage on Mal1s in 19middot69 using available-scientific instrumeniation ahd the $L - l2 booster technolo gy middot
The physical eXperin1ents ogtr such a Mars probe prObably would cmiddotonshys-isi of a package similar to th~ (me wSed on the Venus-4 lJlndeT ineluding measuremen-t of a tlno-spheric eompo$ition temp middotrltJ ~ure and pr essure
The biolomiddotgical experirnents could rnvolve one otmiddot m ore of the automated hfc dete middottion and biochen1ical ltlnaly$is centev~ces known to b-e under developm ent in the USSR middotmiddot
If the Soviets suece ssfll l y land 1l- scie-tltifit Pltl~~~ge on Mars in 1969 ilis wquJd p~tt theln aL least thl~e~ yen~ars ahead o f ihe US target date fo-r s uch a mi$siott CIA) ($8 GHE fJ
WlR 16 68 L9 centp-r 1968 SEGRET
SovietWeather Satellites Reviewed
middot Ccrsmo-$ 206 was launched ot1 14 Ma$eh ~968 attd aeEortliwg tw the Sovi ts i s part opound their Meteor weather satr~tllite sy~iem The StiViets s peak o( n(W laving thre-e weather fr~Ltellites in orbitJ Qe~~~$es ~44bull 184 and 206
-Co$n~os 206 1~ in an QrbH Similar ts that ol 0ampsxnoamp 144 and fallows it lgty abllgtttt lO ntinutes This enables the Sovpounde-ts to cO+npare the w~ather furshynished--by each ~pound these twltQ satelitEgt~s
The first data rom Cosmos 206 ~asbull lieGeived in W~shington lit 131~ EST on rs Ma~ch r-h~ first pictures we-re receiveii at 0430 EST on 19 Ma1cb The dcl~y between the time the ~ta is -collected by the satellite and the time recemiddotived in Washing1ien comiddotntinuEis to r-angmiddote flotn 9 to go hours This does not theet ~~e termiddotrns of tlle US- USSR bila -fllral agreement farmiddot -the centxcenthang ~~ opmiddote-rati1naL w~~ther s~t~Uft~ ll~ti CClA NbRAD
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No FO8STests Conducted Sfnmiddotce Last middotOlaquorto~r ~~J~r A
The S~viets have no~t conducted a Fr-aq bullosa1 o~bi~tJ~oroba-rdrnenmiddott Syst~nbull (PbBS) test sillce ts Octob~r 1961middotmiddot the longest RaUs~ ~wer noted in the ~~middot9itgtanl~ rom Jul~1(tllcei1 ZB OctoSl i tlicentrmiddote h~~ be~ r1lUghly two teSts pel nxbnth
The reas~n (or this- lo-pg pause in fjle Fegtl$S test pr~gltram_iS rtbt kn~llmiddot Pre-ii~us Baus~fi h~ve apparenfiy lieen assoclC1t~iHl~i-thmiddot titlltgt~fieations to the system middot middot
The Sviets a~~ not bei~vea to ~ave given -~ ~gtn the FqB~ Th~y rtay ti imprcwm~ compltgt_nents oT sub syS~ems wliimiddotel wilL invalve durtllemiddotr testing -er -- petrl1aps -- i)heady have starmiddotte-d the e~~cted middotinHial lt~Ploy-
ficentnt
DlA NregRADt (SECRET NO FOREtGN DISSEMlNkTIQN - - R~leaa~ble to US UK Can ~d Au-~)
Seviet SateUite 1r~Jdng ~~Jneras Reportedl)l~ tnstaUetl fn Mali and the ~ntartfit amp
euroafn~tas whicn eomparc bvotably with tne- US Baken-NWJ-n c-amera Ha~e be--en install-ed at Sov1et sate1lft~ 617aCking statio~s ~ Mali in northw~est Atrica and the Antarctic q~ccgtrding 6o a Sqvifit ampeit5ntist
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the USSR which could be usmiddote d to in1prrege tiei r wodd wide geodeti c inJorrhation Despite tn e Sovie t d a i m s 1 th~ USSR do e s nnt have a world wide net
work of optical k acldng sta tions eqtippcd w ith a s tandar d trackin g camera Thei r ca m e r as a r e no t capable e i tracking_faiut sate llites which a re photo graphe d r middotoutinely by the US and coopoerating n ations
The p roposed exchange would plovld e ~h~ USSt wit) tt1o re data than the US wlt)u
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eto Such
clata ibulls ustll for r efining
~ geodetic
Worrnatibn ne1ede5l for ~GBM targeting pamiddotrtcularly as l GBM accur~cy in(l provemiddot s~ middot Ci~ NORAD) (G011lFIDEHTIAL)
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Po~sibleuro Soyiet Manned SoyuzFlights Duringmiddot1968 are Assessed
P-na l ysis of th e Sbytlz life - suppo rt t ec~hn~logy ~n ltornbination with otlunmiddot capsu Le smiddotubsysmiddottems and the dernonmiddotstrated au~omatic r endezvqus and doc~irrg maneuvemiddotr witb this space c r aft h~$ middotestabHshed the p otential capabHishytie-s of
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dSoyuz as a pe rsonne l pounderry a manne lti o r urm4)Tned re supply veshy
fic le as an eadyen manned orbital kabltgtra tory SmtiEn~ manned space flight objectives indicat~ d b y lite rature s pokesttten lntelligeme s ou rce s a n d Soviet mis-si~n requi r ~lnents indieate4 by unresolved biome d1 cal andte-chn ologi cal prQblirns sx1ggestth~t th~ folt()wing rn~Jmed Soy uz amppac~fiight events nay oci-UF d~dn g l 96 8 middot
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A long~ r Soy+~ mission (pomiddotssibly tO days ) itlv olvihg extension ~ f th e e a r-lie r fli ght o r a new fligh t Jn the cour s e qf this m ission the Sovi ets will rendeZVQUS an d dock a nothe r Soyurz (manne d or llnmanned) with the one alreaciy in orblt The oper-ation will i ri clu de middote xtravehicular acti vit y an d t middotranMe t o f then poundrom one spaeec~1middotaft to the other One Soyuz will pet urn to earth afte1middot the t ransfe r and w~U b e fqlH thcent nlis-sibn is termin ate d (Sp ringshySulllltle r )
middot A 30- d-ay or longer S~yuz flight w_~~ a 3 man crew The -major p~rpos-e oi this mismiddotsion will be to study potential psycho1ogicental phy~ioleuro1g5cal and w o rk capadty prQblemmiddots dur-ing prolonged
spacefligltt Comple~ extraveqkular activities will be included Thi s mis sion also middotmay iiwolve a ferry ancl supply test ligllt by anoth er (mann ed or untnanned) Soyuz spacecraft which middotw ill -lin k with the first spacec raft fo r an extend~d period of tim Q or w ill return $oon after dischaorgi n g it~ calg9 (Summ-tr -Fa1J )
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Cosmases 212 and 213 iaunchid ltm 14 and 15 April respeetively appear to be reliability testing of a utomated docking systems an~ techniques in preparation for m~nad $Pace iUghtsshy (ClA NORAD (~ECflET)
List of Active Soviet Satellite~
As a 1 S April there were fift een active Soviet satleilites
NAME NUSSJOi~
Cosmos 144 Meteoroh)Q~fal 2shy8 Feb 1967 Oos~os 156 Met~orol~gJcal 27 Mar 1967 Molniya 5 Mqlniya ~
Cornmuniaations Coromu~icentatipnsshy
Z4 May 1967 0~ omiddotcpound1~67
Molniya 7 Communicati~ a2middot Oct 19b7 Cosmos 184 Cosmos 192
Meteo ro L~gical Navigatrion
a4 Oct 19 67 23 Nov 1967
COsmos amp00 ~a~gation 19 J~n 1968 CosmQ-$ 203 Co snu)s 2o4
Navigation SciePtific
20 pemiddotb 1968 ~5 Mar 1968middot
Cosmos 406 yeneteorological 13 MaJ f9_68 CQsmos 2(9 Co-smos 211 Ctfsmos 2 ll Cosmomiddots 213
Meuteuverable Scientific Check-outmiddot9f S()tlmiddotZ $paCecraftr
Cbeck-~ll 0pound -Soyuz spacecraft
22 Ni-lr Ii~6~-09 Apr 1968 i4 Apr 1968-15 Apr 196Smiddot
~ Lun~ 111- iqun~~d Qn AB~l 196~ wonAi in~middot ~bii -rbullqtmd the litQPnlP 3 days Late i TASS ti)lo u nced the fol16Wtng ltgt rbitat parmiddotameter s
H~risectelene 190 ~J)q~te~ ~~L Aposelemiddotne 870 kilom~ r $shy
Period 160 $irlpte s
The Soviets apnounced mis~don included the s tudy 6pound
bull l-rapca gation and stability of ~adLo signals tram~mitied fram th-e ea-rth and b~k
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This last Hern is cqnside-red patticularly significant for the evaluation of ccmmand and control communication systems involved in future Soviet
lunar rnissioi~ hath rnanncd anq unmanned (NORAD) tSEGRET)
cosmo~es 212 a_nd 213 Rendezvous and Dock
Cosmos ZL2 launched from Tyuratam at lOdO Z on 14 April rce-ndez shymiddotvo_used and docked with Cosmos 213 the foll owing day Cosmos 213 was bunche d fr-om Tyuratam at 0932Z OJl 15 april dur-in g the i6th o)jbit oGosmo s Zl2 The SL-4 Jaunch system wa$ used for both Soyuz t rpe vehicles The link -up lasted for about Z 1(2 Fevotutions f rorn 10middot212 to 1411Z middot Radar data
tends to con-firm th~ Soviet clahns Both satellites w ere unmanned and the reroote automatic middot docking
tech11iques fir st noted em Cosxno s 186 H~ 8 wermiddote used The system pla-c es t1 active satellite (Gqmiddotsmos 214 bt t86yen ~nto Cgtrbit then as it J)aSllesmiddot oveimiddot Tyqratam the t-arget velUde (ClSl$rnos Zll or 188) is wae-ed tnto a copianmiddoter orbit within a few miles of thct activ-e vebicle This clos~ proximity permits re-latively low pmiddotowe r search sys tetns t Q acquire the target vehide A special purpo-se computer il1 the active satellite then effects the -r endezvous and docking ~
Orbital palallne-t~r s for both Cosmos 1861 8$ and 21 2 2l3 operations were similar ie n ear circular orbits o several h undTed kilometers 52 degree inclinations and periods of about 89 minutes] bullRound orbits eccentricity of near zeto) ar e advantageous for rendezvous since the velshyo-city t hen remains constant during the entire orbit
During the Cosmos 18618-8 operation docking took place 3 days after the initial laun ch b the Cosmos 2 t-2Z t3 event ~ly a day ela~ed belween the middottwo launches
There wete several un ique feature s of the Cosmos 212Zl3 operation
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until a bout 48 miXute s before the docking took place This was prebably an effort to save fu e l fegt-r the Cosmos 212 engine and gas plessure for the ~tab~l shyization jets us e d in the docking op-eration
This do ekiqg and separClfion operation almest dup licate s that of Cosmos 186 188 ~m 30 O ctob e r 19 67 trhis impLie s t esting -of tho middot aut~rnat~c tecOniques
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WIR~ lP68 19 Apr 1q6a
Is-sue No 1668 19 April 1968
2
in Brief
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Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal
Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal
COSMOS UO OF middot ORS1TED -lP reatLy impeted (urtber ~abullt than usua L
THl SOV IETS )IAlf ATTEM P T middottMARS LANPl NC IN l l69
Cl114 itgtchsd tile detltgtctio ilivices SOVlT WpoundAHER SArEL~riSS REVJEWpound0
Dota receivlttdmiddotl~ US rom USSR middotis Ia~ NO lOUS T ESTamp CQfDUCTBD Sl1Ci LASl OCT013E R
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to thbull bullYfmiddot SOVIET liATELLlTE TRAQltLG CAMERAS REP ORTEDLlNSTLLpound0 IN ~i-11 AND THE ANTARCTIC
Soviocbull p-obabl y wAn~ lp excbange tucking da ta With us
POSSlampL pound SOVlET uANNEO SOYUZ FllGHTS DUJUNO l9b8 AlU ASSESSpound0
W ould pTobably l nvollrc rtndtNltgta s knd docollng IlSl OF ACI1Vl SOVUT SAtELLrtES
Furtber-agtoro aophblica ted m tHjono impiled COSMOS ll2 ampnd 2 1 ltENOEZVOUS ~D OOCllt
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SECRET
Signshy ificant
Intelligenc-e
on space
developments
and trends
cosmos 2IO De-Orbited
Cosmo-s GlO the low lbullesoLutio-nELINT coll ctioa satellite- launched from Plesctsk onmiddot 3 April 1968 was deo1middotbited on 11 April 1lt)6-8 early on revohition 125
The satellite crossed the aquato~ at about 2amp9 de_g~ees Wet lo11gitude and appa r(Ontl y iri1pacted at about 07WZ in the general ar-ea of 5ZOON 078~5E a l ittl~ tadher eas t tJran th e ncHmmiddotaI This JPay be expla-ined by the fact that this was the- firsectgttmiddotfime an 81-4egr inclination was used for a photo ~econnmiddot alssanee sategtllite and thus may be the intend-ed impact arEfa poundo-r
(ihkle$ ap thi~ il)d~nati~~- (~GltAD) S~CREl NO F~RElGN DISSEMINATfQN RelEpoundasabte to US UK amp C apada
The soviets May Attempt a Mars Landing in 1969
The Soviets are reportedl y plapning a Mar$ landi~g in 1969 which will involve a big_ heavy packagmiddote indudiflg piological cxpe~iments Such a rni~sion would have lo he launched jIl latemiddot 1968
Commenb Th Soviets co~lZl ~ttempt to _p-La~ltgt a researCh pa-ckage on Mal1s in 19middot69 using available-scientific instrumeniation ahd the $L - l2 booster technolo gy middot
The physical eXperin1ents ogtr such a Mars probe prObably would cmiddotonshys-isi of a package similar to th~ (me wSed on the Venus-4 lJlndeT ineluding measuremen-t of a tlno-spheric eompo$ition temp middotrltJ ~ure and pr essure
The biolomiddotgical experirnents could rnvolve one otmiddot m ore of the automated hfc dete middottion and biochen1ical ltlnaly$is centev~ces known to b-e under developm ent in the USSR middotmiddot
If the Soviets suece ssfll l y land 1l- scie-tltifit Pltl~~~ge on Mars in 1969 ilis wquJd p~tt theln aL least thl~e~ yen~ars ahead o f ihe US target date fo-r s uch a mi$siott CIA) ($8 GHE fJ
WlR 16 68 L9 centp-r 1968 SEGRET
SovietWeather Satellites Reviewed
middot Ccrsmo-$ 206 was launched ot1 14 Ma$eh ~968 attd aeEortliwg tw the Sovi ts i s part opound their Meteor weather satr~tllite sy~iem The StiViets s peak o( n(W laving thre-e weather fr~Ltellites in orbitJ Qe~~~$es ~44bull 184 and 206
-Co$n~os 206 1~ in an QrbH Similar ts that ol 0ampsxnoamp 144 and fallows it lgty abllgtttt lO ntinutes This enables the Sovpounde-ts to cO+npare the w~ather furshynished--by each ~pound these twltQ satelitEgt~s
The first data rom Cosmos 206 ~asbull lieGeived in W~shington lit 131~ EST on rs Ma~ch r-h~ first pictures we-re receiveii at 0430 EST on 19 Ma1cb The dcl~y between the time the ~ta is -collected by the satellite and the time recemiddotived in Washing1ien comiddotntinuEis to r-angmiddote flotn 9 to go hours This does not theet ~~e termiddotrns of tlle US- USSR bila -fllral agreement farmiddot -the centxcenthang ~~ opmiddote-rati1naL w~~ther s~t~Uft~ ll~ti CClA NbRAD
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(SECaBTJ
No FO8STests Conducted Sfnmiddotce Last middotOlaquorto~r ~~J~r A
The S~viets have no~t conducted a Fr-aq bullosa1 o~bi~tJ~oroba-rdrnenmiddott Syst~nbull (PbBS) test sillce ts Octob~r 1961middotmiddot the longest RaUs~ ~wer noted in the ~~middot9itgtanl~ rom Jul~1(tllcei1 ZB OctoSl i tlicentrmiddote h~~ be~ r1lUghly two teSts pel nxbnth
The reas~n (or this- lo-pg pause in fjle Fegtl$S test pr~gltram_iS rtbt kn~llmiddot Pre-ii~us Baus~fi h~ve apparenfiy lieen assoclC1t~iHl~i-thmiddot titlltgt~fieations to the system middot middot
The Sviets a~~ not bei~vea to ~ave given -~ ~gtn the FqB~ Th~y rtay ti imprcwm~ compltgt_nents oT sub syS~ems wliimiddotel wilL invalve durtllemiddotr testing -er -- petrl1aps -- i)heady have starmiddotte-d the e~~cted middotinHial lt~Ploy-
ficentnt
DlA NregRADt (SECRET NO FOREtGN DISSEMlNkTIQN - - R~leaa~ble to US UK Can ~d Au-~)
Seviet SateUite 1r~Jdng ~~Jneras Reportedl)l~ tnstaUetl fn Mali and the ~ntartfit amp
euroafn~tas whicn eomparc bvotably with tne- US Baken-NWJ-n c-amera Ha~e be--en install-ed at Sov1et sate1lft~ 617aCking statio~s ~ Mali in northw~est Atrica and the Antarctic q~ccgtrding 6o a Sqvifit ampeit5ntist
GQ~ ent The prooaJgtle ltHtiwe of Slt~ $~lemeneamp maf
o bcent to i mp-PeJs the middotr- _shy _middot -
US with Soviet adv~ces toward a Woli~dmiddot wtde tJaekillg ca~bility sq that the US e(n~la per-sqaded tq support $~v~et ~ropci~ltils to e-~c~tampf d~ta witJt _
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the USSR which could be usmiddote d to in1prrege tiei r wodd wide geodeti c inJorrhation Despite tn e Sovie t d a i m s 1 th~ USSR do e s nnt have a world wide net
work of optical k acldng sta tions eqtippcd w ith a s tandar d trackin g camera Thei r ca m e r as a r e no t capable e i tracking_faiut sate llites which a re photo graphe d r middotoutinely by the US and coopoerating n ations
The p roposed exchange would plovld e ~h~ USSt wit) tt1o re data than the US wlt)u
~ ld r erclteive poundrorn tn
eto Such
clata ibulls ustll for r efining
~ geodetic
Worrnatibn ne1ede5l for ~GBM targeting pamiddotrtcularly as l GBM accur~cy in(l provemiddot s~ middot Ci~ NORAD) (G011lFIDEHTIAL)
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Po~sibleuro Soyiet Manned SoyuzFlights Duringmiddot1968 are Assessed
P-na l ysis of th e Sbytlz life - suppo rt t ec~hn~logy ~n ltornbination with otlunmiddot capsu Le smiddotubsysmiddottems and the dernonmiddotstrated au~omatic r endezvqus and doc~irrg maneuvemiddotr witb this space c r aft h~$ middotestabHshed the p otential capabHishytie-s of
anthe
dSoyuz as a pe rsonne l pounderry a manne lti o r urm4)Tned re supply veshy
fic le as an eadyen manned orbital kabltgtra tory SmtiEn~ manned space flight objectives indicat~ d b y lite rature s pokesttten lntelligeme s ou rce s a n d Soviet mis-si~n requi r ~lnents indieate4 by unresolved biome d1 cal andte-chn ologi cal prQblirns sx1ggestth~t th~ folt()wing rn~Jmed Soy uz amppac~fiight events nay oci-UF d~dn g l 96 8 middot
I I
bull A short (1- 5 days) SoyuZ-missian with a crewmiddot oi up to 3 rnem(Spiing)
A long~ r Soy+~ mission (pomiddotssibly tO days ) itlv olvihg extension ~ f th e e a r-lie r fli ght o r a new fligh t Jn the cour s e qf this m ission the Sovi ets will rendeZVQUS an d dock a nothe r Soyurz (manne d or llnmanned) with the one alreaciy in orblt The oper-ation will i ri clu de middote xtravehicular acti vit y an d t middotranMe t o f then poundrom one spaeec~1middotaft to the other One Soyuz will pet urn to earth afte1middot the t ransfe r and w~U b e fqlH thcent nlis-sibn is termin ate d (Sp ringshySulllltle r )
middot A 30- d-ay or longer S~yuz flight w_~~ a 3 man crew The -major p~rpos-e oi this mismiddotsion will be to study potential psycho1ogicental phy~ioleuro1g5cal and w o rk capadty prQblemmiddots dur-ing prolonged
spacefligltt Comple~ extraveqkular activities will be included Thi s mis sion also middotmay iiwolve a ferry ancl supply test ligllt by anoth er (mann ed or untnanned) Soyuz spacecraft which middotw ill -lin k with the first spacec raft fo r an extend~d period of tim Q or w ill return $oon after dischaorgi n g it~ calg9 (Summ-tr -Fa1J )
I bull
f
I ~
bull
eeore=t
ywt-es~e~saaP~et~----------------~---------------------------~ ----~
Cosmases 212 and 213 iaunchid ltm 14 and 15 April respeetively appear to be reliability testing of a utomated docking systems an~ techniques in preparation for m~nad $Pace iUghtsshy (ClA NORAD (~ECflET)
List of Active Soviet Satellite~
As a 1 S April there were fift een active Soviet satleilites
NAME NUSSJOi~
Cosmos 144 Meteoroh)Q~fal 2shy8 Feb 1967 Oos~os 156 Met~orol~gJcal 27 Mar 1967 Molniya 5 Mqlniya ~
Cornmuniaations Coromu~icentatipnsshy
Z4 May 1967 0~ omiddotcpound1~67
Molniya 7 Communicati~ a2middot Oct 19b7 Cosmos 184 Cosmos 192
Meteo ro L~gical Navigatrion
a4 Oct 19 67 23 Nov 1967
COsmos amp00 ~a~gation 19 J~n 1968 CosmQ-$ 203 Co snu)s 2o4
Navigation SciePtific
20 pemiddotb 1968 ~5 Mar 1968middot
Cosmos 406 yeneteorological 13 MaJ f9_68 CQsmos 2(9 Co-smos 211 Ctfsmos 2 ll Cosmomiddots 213
Meuteuverable Scientific Check-outmiddot9f S()tlmiddotZ $paCecraftr
Cbeck-~ll 0pound -Soyuz spacecraft
22 Ni-lr Ii~6~-09 Apr 1968 i4 Apr 1968-15 Apr 196Smiddot
~ Lun~ 111- iqun~~d Qn AB~l 196~ wonAi in~middot ~bii -rbullqtmd the litQPnlP 3 days Late i TASS ti)lo u nced the fol16Wtng ltgt rbitat parmiddotameter s
H~risectelene 190 ~J)q~te~ ~~L Aposelemiddotne 870 kilom~ r $shy
Period 160 $irlpte s
The Soviets apnounced mis~don included the s tudy 6pound
bull l-rapca gation and stability of ~adLo signals tram~mitied fram th-e ea-rth and b~k
--------------shymiddot10 WIR 1668 19 Apr 19-68
seeret
This last Hern is cqnside-red patticularly significant for the evaluation of ccmmand and control communication systems involved in future Soviet
lunar rnissioi~ hath rnanncd anq unmanned (NORAD) tSEGRET)
cosmo~es 212 a_nd 213 Rendezvous and Dock
Cosmos ZL2 launched from Tyuratam at lOdO Z on 14 April rce-ndez shymiddotvo_used and docked with Cosmos 213 the foll owing day Cosmos 213 was bunche d fr-om Tyuratam at 0932Z OJl 15 april dur-in g the i6th o)jbit oGosmo s Zl2 The SL-4 Jaunch system wa$ used for both Soyuz t rpe vehicles The link -up lasted for about Z 1(2 Fevotutions f rorn 10middot212 to 1411Z middot Radar data
tends to con-firm th~ Soviet clahns Both satellites w ere unmanned and the reroote automatic middot docking
tech11iques fir st noted em Cosxno s 186 H~ 8 wermiddote used The system pla-c es t1 active satellite (Gqmiddotsmos 214 bt t86yen ~nto Cgtrbit then as it J)aSllesmiddot oveimiddot Tyqratam the t-arget velUde (ClSl$rnos Zll or 188) is wae-ed tnto a copianmiddoter orbit within a few miles of thct activ-e vebicle This clos~ proximity permits re-latively low pmiddotowe r search sys tetns t Q acquire the target vehide A special purpo-se computer il1 the active satellite then effects the -r endezvous and docking ~
Orbital palallne-t~r s for both Cosmos 1861 8$ and 21 2 2l3 operations were similar ie n ear circular orbits o several h undTed kilometers 52 degree inclinations and periods of about 89 minutes] bullRound orbits eccentricity of near zeto) ar e advantageous for rendezvous since the velshyo-city t hen remains constant during the entire orbit
During the Cosmos 18618-8 operation docking took place 3 days after the initial laun ch b the Cosmos 2 t-2Z t3 event ~ly a day ela~ed belween the middottwo launches
There wete several un ique feature s of the Cosmos 212Zl3 operation
I
bull The Soviats announced th~ middotlalnch time e~ Cosmos Zl2 1n adshydition to the usual wording of the TASS ~nnouncement Thi s is tinprec edented
bull Cosmos 2-12
was slQwy tumbling
until a bout 48 miXute s before the docking took place This was prebably an effort to save fu e l fegt-r the Cosmos 212 engine and gas plessure for the ~tab~l shyization jets us e d in the docking op-eration
This do ekiqg and separClfion operation almest dup licate s that of Cosmos 186 188 ~m 30 O ctob e r 19 67 trhis impLie s t esting -of tho middot aut~rnat~c tecOniques
ll -------------ojS~9EKmiddotWIR 16 68 19 Apr 1968
O~rPE9~ t~-
seoPotr
ahd systems in pr-eparation for a manned ~ssion Gf this typmiddote middot Both Cosm0$es 212 and Z1-3 probaoly will be deorbitted as wer-e
Cosmoses 186 and 18-8 ( DIA NOAAJ)) - A bullbull
(SECRpoundi N0 F~(Jfll IgtISSEMINAFION _ Behfcas-ail(e )lt QS UK~ and Canada)
WIR~ lP68 19 Apr 1q6a
--------------------------------------middot----middotmiddot middot middotmiddot middot---middot--~----~~~-------
SECRET
Signshy ificant
Intelligenc-e
on space
developments
and trends
cosmos 2IO De-Orbited
Cosmo-s GlO the low lbullesoLutio-nELINT coll ctioa satellite- launched from Plesctsk onmiddot 3 April 1968 was deo1middotbited on 11 April 1lt)6-8 early on revohition 125
The satellite crossed the aquato~ at about 2amp9 de_g~ees Wet lo11gitude and appa r(Ontl y iri1pacted at about 07WZ in the general ar-ea of 5ZOON 078~5E a l ittl~ tadher eas t tJran th e ncHmmiddotaI This JPay be expla-ined by the fact that this was the- firsectgttmiddotfime an 81-4egr inclination was used for a photo ~econnmiddot alssanee sategtllite and thus may be the intend-ed impact arEfa poundo-r
(ihkle$ ap thi~ il)d~nati~~- (~GltAD) S~CREl NO F~RElGN DISSEMINATfQN RelEpoundasabte to US UK amp C apada
The soviets May Attempt a Mars Landing in 1969
The Soviets are reportedl y plapning a Mar$ landi~g in 1969 which will involve a big_ heavy packagmiddote indudiflg piological cxpe~iments Such a rni~sion would have lo he launched jIl latemiddot 1968
Commenb Th Soviets co~lZl ~ttempt to _p-La~ltgt a researCh pa-ckage on Mal1s in 19middot69 using available-scientific instrumeniation ahd the $L - l2 booster technolo gy middot
The physical eXperin1ents ogtr such a Mars probe prObably would cmiddotonshys-isi of a package similar to th~ (me wSed on the Venus-4 lJlndeT ineluding measuremen-t of a tlno-spheric eompo$ition temp middotrltJ ~ure and pr essure
The biolomiddotgical experirnents could rnvolve one otmiddot m ore of the automated hfc dete middottion and biochen1ical ltlnaly$is centev~ces known to b-e under developm ent in the USSR middotmiddot
If the Soviets suece ssfll l y land 1l- scie-tltifit Pltl~~~ge on Mars in 1969 ilis wquJd p~tt theln aL least thl~e~ yen~ars ahead o f ihe US target date fo-r s uch a mi$siott CIA) ($8 GHE fJ
WlR 16 68 L9 centp-r 1968 SEGRET
SovietWeather Satellites Reviewed
middot Ccrsmo-$ 206 was launched ot1 14 Ma$eh ~968 attd aeEortliwg tw the Sovi ts i s part opound their Meteor weather satr~tllite sy~iem The StiViets s peak o( n(W laving thre-e weather fr~Ltellites in orbitJ Qe~~~$es ~44bull 184 and 206
-Co$n~os 206 1~ in an QrbH Similar ts that ol 0ampsxnoamp 144 and fallows it lgty abllgtttt lO ntinutes This enables the Sovpounde-ts to cO+npare the w~ather furshynished--by each ~pound these twltQ satelitEgt~s
The first data rom Cosmos 206 ~asbull lieGeived in W~shington lit 131~ EST on rs Ma~ch r-h~ first pictures we-re receiveii at 0430 EST on 19 Ma1cb The dcl~y between the time the ~ta is -collected by the satellite and the time recemiddotived in Washing1ien comiddotntinuEis to r-angmiddote flotn 9 to go hours This does not theet ~~e termiddotrns of tlle US- USSR bila -fllral agreement farmiddot -the centxcenthang ~~ opmiddote-rati1naL w~~ther s~t~Uft~ ll~ti CClA NbRAD
t
(SECaBTJ
No FO8STests Conducted Sfnmiddotce Last middotOlaquorto~r ~~J~r A
The S~viets have no~t conducted a Fr-aq bullosa1 o~bi~tJ~oroba-rdrnenmiddott Syst~nbull (PbBS) test sillce ts Octob~r 1961middotmiddot the longest RaUs~ ~wer noted in the ~~middot9itgtanl~ rom Jul~1(tllcei1 ZB OctoSl i tlicentrmiddote h~~ be~ r1lUghly two teSts pel nxbnth
The reas~n (or this- lo-pg pause in fjle Fegtl$S test pr~gltram_iS rtbt kn~llmiddot Pre-ii~us Baus~fi h~ve apparenfiy lieen assoclC1t~iHl~i-thmiddot titlltgt~fieations to the system middot middot
The Sviets a~~ not bei~vea to ~ave given -~ ~gtn the FqB~ Th~y rtay ti imprcwm~ compltgt_nents oT sub syS~ems wliimiddotel wilL invalve durtllemiddotr testing -er -- petrl1aps -- i)heady have starmiddotte-d the e~~cted middotinHial lt~Ploy-
ficentnt
DlA NregRADt (SECRET NO FOREtGN DISSEMlNkTIQN - - R~leaa~ble to US UK Can ~d Au-~)
Seviet SateUite 1r~Jdng ~~Jneras Reportedl)l~ tnstaUetl fn Mali and the ~ntartfit amp
euroafn~tas whicn eomparc bvotably with tne- US Baken-NWJ-n c-amera Ha~e be--en install-ed at Sov1et sate1lft~ 617aCking statio~s ~ Mali in northw~est Atrica and the Antarctic q~ccgtrding 6o a Sqvifit ampeit5ntist
GQ~ ent The prooaJgtle ltHtiwe of Slt~ $~lemeneamp maf
o bcent to i mp-PeJs the middotr- _shy _middot -
US with Soviet adv~ces toward a Woli~dmiddot wtde tJaekillg ca~bility sq that the US e(n~la per-sqaded tq support $~v~et ~ropci~ltils to e-~c~tampf d~ta witJt _
shy
~~ s __
Wilt 1668 19 Apr lf~68
-seere~~~Pe~--------~------------~~~~----~-----~Imiddot ~middot -~R
the USSR which could be usmiddote d to in1prrege tiei r wodd wide geodeti c inJorrhation Despite tn e Sovie t d a i m s 1 th~ USSR do e s nnt have a world wide net
work of optical k acldng sta tions eqtippcd w ith a s tandar d trackin g camera Thei r ca m e r as a r e no t capable e i tracking_faiut sate llites which a re photo graphe d r middotoutinely by the US and coopoerating n ations
The p roposed exchange would plovld e ~h~ USSt wit) tt1o re data than the US wlt)u
~ ld r erclteive poundrorn tn
eto Such
clata ibulls ustll for r efining
~ geodetic
Worrnatibn ne1ede5l for ~GBM targeting pamiddotrtcularly as l GBM accur~cy in(l provemiddot s~ middot Ci~ NORAD) (G011lFIDEHTIAL)
shy
shy
Po~sibleuro Soyiet Manned SoyuzFlights Duringmiddot1968 are Assessed
P-na l ysis of th e Sbytlz life - suppo rt t ec~hn~logy ~n ltornbination with otlunmiddot capsu Le smiddotubsysmiddottems and the dernonmiddotstrated au~omatic r endezvqus and doc~irrg maneuvemiddotr witb this space c r aft h~$ middotestabHshed the p otential capabHishytie-s of
anthe
dSoyuz as a pe rsonne l pounderry a manne lti o r urm4)Tned re supply veshy
fic le as an eadyen manned orbital kabltgtra tory SmtiEn~ manned space flight objectives indicat~ d b y lite rature s pokesttten lntelligeme s ou rce s a n d Soviet mis-si~n requi r ~lnents indieate4 by unresolved biome d1 cal andte-chn ologi cal prQblirns sx1ggestth~t th~ folt()wing rn~Jmed Soy uz amppac~fiight events nay oci-UF d~dn g l 96 8 middot
I I
bull A short (1- 5 days) SoyuZ-missian with a crewmiddot oi up to 3 rnem(Spiing)
A long~ r Soy+~ mission (pomiddotssibly tO days ) itlv olvihg extension ~ f th e e a r-lie r fli ght o r a new fligh t Jn the cour s e qf this m ission the Sovi ets will rendeZVQUS an d dock a nothe r Soyurz (manne d or llnmanned) with the one alreaciy in orblt The oper-ation will i ri clu de middote xtravehicular acti vit y an d t middotranMe t o f then poundrom one spaeec~1middotaft to the other One Soyuz will pet urn to earth afte1middot the t ransfe r and w~U b e fqlH thcent nlis-sibn is termin ate d (Sp ringshySulllltle r )
middot A 30- d-ay or longer S~yuz flight w_~~ a 3 man crew The -major p~rpos-e oi this mismiddotsion will be to study potential psycho1ogicental phy~ioleuro1g5cal and w o rk capadty prQblemmiddots dur-ing prolonged
spacefligltt Comple~ extraveqkular activities will be included Thi s mis sion also middotmay iiwolve a ferry ancl supply test ligllt by anoth er (mann ed or untnanned) Soyuz spacecraft which middotw ill -lin k with the first spacec raft fo r an extend~d period of tim Q or w ill return $oon after dischaorgi n g it~ calg9 (Summ-tr -Fa1J )
I bull
f
I ~
bull
eeore=t
ywt-es~e~saaP~et~----------------~---------------------------~ ----~
Cosmases 212 and 213 iaunchid ltm 14 and 15 April respeetively appear to be reliability testing of a utomated docking systems an~ techniques in preparation for m~nad $Pace iUghtsshy (ClA NORAD (~ECflET)
List of Active Soviet Satellite~
As a 1 S April there were fift een active Soviet satleilites
NAME NUSSJOi~
Cosmos 144 Meteoroh)Q~fal 2shy8 Feb 1967 Oos~os 156 Met~orol~gJcal 27 Mar 1967 Molniya 5 Mqlniya ~
Cornmuniaations Coromu~icentatipnsshy
Z4 May 1967 0~ omiddotcpound1~67
Molniya 7 Communicati~ a2middot Oct 19b7 Cosmos 184 Cosmos 192
Meteo ro L~gical Navigatrion
a4 Oct 19 67 23 Nov 1967
COsmos amp00 ~a~gation 19 J~n 1968 CosmQ-$ 203 Co snu)s 2o4
Navigation SciePtific
20 pemiddotb 1968 ~5 Mar 1968middot
Cosmos 406 yeneteorological 13 MaJ f9_68 CQsmos 2(9 Co-smos 211 Ctfsmos 2 ll Cosmomiddots 213
Meuteuverable Scientific Check-outmiddot9f S()tlmiddotZ $paCecraftr
Cbeck-~ll 0pound -Soyuz spacecraft
22 Ni-lr Ii~6~-09 Apr 1968 i4 Apr 1968-15 Apr 196Smiddot
~ Lun~ 111- iqun~~d Qn AB~l 196~ wonAi in~middot ~bii -rbullqtmd the litQPnlP 3 days Late i TASS ti)lo u nced the fol16Wtng ltgt rbitat parmiddotameter s
H~risectelene 190 ~J)q~te~ ~~L Aposelemiddotne 870 kilom~ r $shy
Period 160 $irlpte s
The Soviets apnounced mis~don included the s tudy 6pound
bull l-rapca gation and stability of ~adLo signals tram~mitied fram th-e ea-rth and b~k
--------------shymiddot10 WIR 1668 19 Apr 19-68
seeret
This last Hern is cqnside-red patticularly significant for the evaluation of ccmmand and control communication systems involved in future Soviet
lunar rnissioi~ hath rnanncd anq unmanned (NORAD) tSEGRET)
cosmo~es 212 a_nd 213 Rendezvous and Dock
Cosmos ZL2 launched from Tyuratam at lOdO Z on 14 April rce-ndez shymiddotvo_used and docked with Cosmos 213 the foll owing day Cosmos 213 was bunche d fr-om Tyuratam at 0932Z OJl 15 april dur-in g the i6th o)jbit oGosmo s Zl2 The SL-4 Jaunch system wa$ used for both Soyuz t rpe vehicles The link -up lasted for about Z 1(2 Fevotutions f rorn 10middot212 to 1411Z middot Radar data
tends to con-firm th~ Soviet clahns Both satellites w ere unmanned and the reroote automatic middot docking
tech11iques fir st noted em Cosxno s 186 H~ 8 wermiddote used The system pla-c es t1 active satellite (Gqmiddotsmos 214 bt t86yen ~nto Cgtrbit then as it J)aSllesmiddot oveimiddot Tyqratam the t-arget velUde (ClSl$rnos Zll or 188) is wae-ed tnto a copianmiddoter orbit within a few miles of thct activ-e vebicle This clos~ proximity permits re-latively low pmiddotowe r search sys tetns t Q acquire the target vehide A special purpo-se computer il1 the active satellite then effects the -r endezvous and docking ~
Orbital palallne-t~r s for both Cosmos 1861 8$ and 21 2 2l3 operations were similar ie n ear circular orbits o several h undTed kilometers 52 degree inclinations and periods of about 89 minutes] bullRound orbits eccentricity of near zeto) ar e advantageous for rendezvous since the velshyo-city t hen remains constant during the entire orbit
During the Cosmos 18618-8 operation docking took place 3 days after the initial laun ch b the Cosmos 2 t-2Z t3 event ~ly a day ela~ed belween the middottwo launches
There wete several un ique feature s of the Cosmos 212Zl3 operation
I
bull The Soviats announced th~ middotlalnch time e~ Cosmos Zl2 1n adshydition to the usual wording of the TASS ~nnouncement Thi s is tinprec edented
bull Cosmos 2-12
was slQwy tumbling
until a bout 48 miXute s before the docking took place This was prebably an effort to save fu e l fegt-r the Cosmos 212 engine and gas plessure for the ~tab~l shyization jets us e d in the docking op-eration
This do ekiqg and separClfion operation almest dup licate s that of Cosmos 186 188 ~m 30 O ctob e r 19 67 trhis impLie s t esting -of tho middot aut~rnat~c tecOniques
ll -------------ojS~9EKmiddotWIR 16 68 19 Apr 1968
O~rPE9~ t~-
seoPotr
ahd systems in pr-eparation for a manned ~ssion Gf this typmiddote middot Both Cosm0$es 212 and Z1-3 probaoly will be deorbitted as wer-e
Cosmoses 186 and 18-8 ( DIA NOAAJ)) - A bullbull
(SECRpoundi N0 F~(Jfll IgtISSEMINAFION _ Behfcas-ail(e )lt QS UK~ and Canada)
WIR~ lP68 19 Apr 1q6a
SovietWeather Satellites Reviewed
middot Ccrsmo-$ 206 was launched ot1 14 Ma$eh ~968 attd aeEortliwg tw the Sovi ts i s part opound their Meteor weather satr~tllite sy~iem The StiViets s peak o( n(W laving thre-e weather fr~Ltellites in orbitJ Qe~~~$es ~44bull 184 and 206
-Co$n~os 206 1~ in an QrbH Similar ts that ol 0ampsxnoamp 144 and fallows it lgty abllgtttt lO ntinutes This enables the Sovpounde-ts to cO+npare the w~ather furshynished--by each ~pound these twltQ satelitEgt~s
The first data rom Cosmos 206 ~asbull lieGeived in W~shington lit 131~ EST on rs Ma~ch r-h~ first pictures we-re receiveii at 0430 EST on 19 Ma1cb The dcl~y between the time the ~ta is -collected by the satellite and the time recemiddotived in Washing1ien comiddotntinuEis to r-angmiddote flotn 9 to go hours This does not theet ~~e termiddotrns of tlle US- USSR bila -fllral agreement farmiddot -the centxcenthang ~~ opmiddote-rati1naL w~~ther s~t~Uft~ ll~ti CClA NbRAD
t
(SECaBTJ
No FO8STests Conducted Sfnmiddotce Last middotOlaquorto~r ~~J~r A
The S~viets have no~t conducted a Fr-aq bullosa1 o~bi~tJ~oroba-rdrnenmiddott Syst~nbull (PbBS) test sillce ts Octob~r 1961middotmiddot the longest RaUs~ ~wer noted in the ~~middot9itgtanl~ rom Jul~1(tllcei1 ZB OctoSl i tlicentrmiddote h~~ be~ r1lUghly two teSts pel nxbnth
The reas~n (or this- lo-pg pause in fjle Fegtl$S test pr~gltram_iS rtbt kn~llmiddot Pre-ii~us Baus~fi h~ve apparenfiy lieen assoclC1t~iHl~i-thmiddot titlltgt~fieations to the system middot middot
The Sviets a~~ not bei~vea to ~ave given -~ ~gtn the FqB~ Th~y rtay ti imprcwm~ compltgt_nents oT sub syS~ems wliimiddotel wilL invalve durtllemiddotr testing -er -- petrl1aps -- i)heady have starmiddotte-d the e~~cted middotinHial lt~Ploy-
ficentnt
DlA NregRADt (SECRET NO FOREtGN DISSEMlNkTIQN - - R~leaa~ble to US UK Can ~d Au-~)
Seviet SateUite 1r~Jdng ~~Jneras Reportedl)l~ tnstaUetl fn Mali and the ~ntartfit amp
euroafn~tas whicn eomparc bvotably with tne- US Baken-NWJ-n c-amera Ha~e be--en install-ed at Sov1et sate1lft~ 617aCking statio~s ~ Mali in northw~est Atrica and the Antarctic q~ccgtrding 6o a Sqvifit ampeit5ntist
GQ~ ent The prooaJgtle ltHtiwe of Slt~ $~lemeneamp maf
o bcent to i mp-PeJs the middotr- _shy _middot -
US with Soviet adv~ces toward a Woli~dmiddot wtde tJaekillg ca~bility sq that the US e(n~la per-sqaded tq support $~v~et ~ropci~ltils to e-~c~tampf d~ta witJt _
shy
~~ s __
Wilt 1668 19 Apr lf~68
-seere~~~Pe~--------~------------~~~~----~-----~Imiddot ~middot -~R
the USSR which could be usmiddote d to in1prrege tiei r wodd wide geodeti c inJorrhation Despite tn e Sovie t d a i m s 1 th~ USSR do e s nnt have a world wide net
work of optical k acldng sta tions eqtippcd w ith a s tandar d trackin g camera Thei r ca m e r as a r e no t capable e i tracking_faiut sate llites which a re photo graphe d r middotoutinely by the US and coopoerating n ations
The p roposed exchange would plovld e ~h~ USSt wit) tt1o re data than the US wlt)u
~ ld r erclteive poundrorn tn
eto Such
clata ibulls ustll for r efining
~ geodetic
Worrnatibn ne1ede5l for ~GBM targeting pamiddotrtcularly as l GBM accur~cy in(l provemiddot s~ middot Ci~ NORAD) (G011lFIDEHTIAL)
shy
shy
Po~sibleuro Soyiet Manned SoyuzFlights Duringmiddot1968 are Assessed
P-na l ysis of th e Sbytlz life - suppo rt t ec~hn~logy ~n ltornbination with otlunmiddot capsu Le smiddotubsysmiddottems and the dernonmiddotstrated au~omatic r endezvqus and doc~irrg maneuvemiddotr witb this space c r aft h~$ middotestabHshed the p otential capabHishytie-s of
anthe
dSoyuz as a pe rsonne l pounderry a manne lti o r urm4)Tned re supply veshy
fic le as an eadyen manned orbital kabltgtra tory SmtiEn~ manned space flight objectives indicat~ d b y lite rature s pokesttten lntelligeme s ou rce s a n d Soviet mis-si~n requi r ~lnents indieate4 by unresolved biome d1 cal andte-chn ologi cal prQblirns sx1ggestth~t th~ folt()wing rn~Jmed Soy uz amppac~fiight events nay oci-UF d~dn g l 96 8 middot
I I
bull A short (1- 5 days) SoyuZ-missian with a crewmiddot oi up to 3 rnem(Spiing)
A long~ r Soy+~ mission (pomiddotssibly tO days ) itlv olvihg extension ~ f th e e a r-lie r fli ght o r a new fligh t Jn the cour s e qf this m ission the Sovi ets will rendeZVQUS an d dock a nothe r Soyurz (manne d or llnmanned) with the one alreaciy in orblt The oper-ation will i ri clu de middote xtravehicular acti vit y an d t middotranMe t o f then poundrom one spaeec~1middotaft to the other One Soyuz will pet urn to earth afte1middot the t ransfe r and w~U b e fqlH thcent nlis-sibn is termin ate d (Sp ringshySulllltle r )
middot A 30- d-ay or longer S~yuz flight w_~~ a 3 man crew The -major p~rpos-e oi this mismiddotsion will be to study potential psycho1ogicental phy~ioleuro1g5cal and w o rk capadty prQblemmiddots dur-ing prolonged
spacefligltt Comple~ extraveqkular activities will be included Thi s mis sion also middotmay iiwolve a ferry ancl supply test ligllt by anoth er (mann ed or untnanned) Soyuz spacecraft which middotw ill -lin k with the first spacec raft fo r an extend~d period of tim Q or w ill return $oon after dischaorgi n g it~ calg9 (Summ-tr -Fa1J )
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f
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eeore=t
ywt-es~e~saaP~et~----------------~---------------------------~ ----~
Cosmases 212 and 213 iaunchid ltm 14 and 15 April respeetively appear to be reliability testing of a utomated docking systems an~ techniques in preparation for m~nad $Pace iUghtsshy (ClA NORAD (~ECflET)
List of Active Soviet Satellite~
As a 1 S April there were fift een active Soviet satleilites
NAME NUSSJOi~
Cosmos 144 Meteoroh)Q~fal 2shy8 Feb 1967 Oos~os 156 Met~orol~gJcal 27 Mar 1967 Molniya 5 Mqlniya ~
Cornmuniaations Coromu~icentatipnsshy
Z4 May 1967 0~ omiddotcpound1~67
Molniya 7 Communicati~ a2middot Oct 19b7 Cosmos 184 Cosmos 192
Meteo ro L~gical Navigatrion
a4 Oct 19 67 23 Nov 1967
COsmos amp00 ~a~gation 19 J~n 1968 CosmQ-$ 203 Co snu)s 2o4
Navigation SciePtific
20 pemiddotb 1968 ~5 Mar 1968middot
Cosmos 406 yeneteorological 13 MaJ f9_68 CQsmos 2(9 Co-smos 211 Ctfsmos 2 ll Cosmomiddots 213
Meuteuverable Scientific Check-outmiddot9f S()tlmiddotZ $paCecraftr
Cbeck-~ll 0pound -Soyuz spacecraft
22 Ni-lr Ii~6~-09 Apr 1968 i4 Apr 1968-15 Apr 196Smiddot
~ Lun~ 111- iqun~~d Qn AB~l 196~ wonAi in~middot ~bii -rbullqtmd the litQPnlP 3 days Late i TASS ti)lo u nced the fol16Wtng ltgt rbitat parmiddotameter s
H~risectelene 190 ~J)q~te~ ~~L Aposelemiddotne 870 kilom~ r $shy
Period 160 $irlpte s
The Soviets apnounced mis~don included the s tudy 6pound
bull l-rapca gation and stability of ~adLo signals tram~mitied fram th-e ea-rth and b~k
--------------shymiddot10 WIR 1668 19 Apr 19-68
seeret
This last Hern is cqnside-red patticularly significant for the evaluation of ccmmand and control communication systems involved in future Soviet
lunar rnissioi~ hath rnanncd anq unmanned (NORAD) tSEGRET)
cosmo~es 212 a_nd 213 Rendezvous and Dock
Cosmos ZL2 launched from Tyuratam at lOdO Z on 14 April rce-ndez shymiddotvo_used and docked with Cosmos 213 the foll owing day Cosmos 213 was bunche d fr-om Tyuratam at 0932Z OJl 15 april dur-in g the i6th o)jbit oGosmo s Zl2 The SL-4 Jaunch system wa$ used for both Soyuz t rpe vehicles The link -up lasted for about Z 1(2 Fevotutions f rorn 10middot212 to 1411Z middot Radar data
tends to con-firm th~ Soviet clahns Both satellites w ere unmanned and the reroote automatic middot docking
tech11iques fir st noted em Cosxno s 186 H~ 8 wermiddote used The system pla-c es t1 active satellite (Gqmiddotsmos 214 bt t86yen ~nto Cgtrbit then as it J)aSllesmiddot oveimiddot Tyqratam the t-arget velUde (ClSl$rnos Zll or 188) is wae-ed tnto a copianmiddoter orbit within a few miles of thct activ-e vebicle This clos~ proximity permits re-latively low pmiddotowe r search sys tetns t Q acquire the target vehide A special purpo-se computer il1 the active satellite then effects the -r endezvous and docking ~
Orbital palallne-t~r s for both Cosmos 1861 8$ and 21 2 2l3 operations were similar ie n ear circular orbits o several h undTed kilometers 52 degree inclinations and periods of about 89 minutes] bullRound orbits eccentricity of near zeto) ar e advantageous for rendezvous since the velshyo-city t hen remains constant during the entire orbit
During the Cosmos 18618-8 operation docking took place 3 days after the initial laun ch b the Cosmos 2 t-2Z t3 event ~ly a day ela~ed belween the middottwo launches
There wete several un ique feature s of the Cosmos 212Zl3 operation
I
bull The Soviats announced th~ middotlalnch time e~ Cosmos Zl2 1n adshydition to the usual wording of the TASS ~nnouncement Thi s is tinprec edented
bull Cosmos 2-12
was slQwy tumbling
until a bout 48 miXute s before the docking took place This was prebably an effort to save fu e l fegt-r the Cosmos 212 engine and gas plessure for the ~tab~l shyization jets us e d in the docking op-eration
This do ekiqg and separClfion operation almest dup licate s that of Cosmos 186 188 ~m 30 O ctob e r 19 67 trhis impLie s t esting -of tho middot aut~rnat~c tecOniques
ll -------------ojS~9EKmiddotWIR 16 68 19 Apr 1968
O~rPE9~ t~-
seoPotr
ahd systems in pr-eparation for a manned ~ssion Gf this typmiddote middot Both Cosm0$es 212 and Z1-3 probaoly will be deorbitted as wer-e
Cosmoses 186 and 18-8 ( DIA NOAAJ)) - A bullbull
(SECRpoundi N0 F~(Jfll IgtISSEMINAFION _ Behfcas-ail(e )lt QS UK~ and Canada)
WIR~ lP68 19 Apr 1q6a
-seere~~~Pe~--------~------------~~~~----~-----~Imiddot ~middot -~R
the USSR which could be usmiddote d to in1prrege tiei r wodd wide geodeti c inJorrhation Despite tn e Sovie t d a i m s 1 th~ USSR do e s nnt have a world wide net
work of optical k acldng sta tions eqtippcd w ith a s tandar d trackin g camera Thei r ca m e r as a r e no t capable e i tracking_faiut sate llites which a re photo graphe d r middotoutinely by the US and coopoerating n ations
The p roposed exchange would plovld e ~h~ USSt wit) tt1o re data than the US wlt)u
~ ld r erclteive poundrorn tn
eto Such
clata ibulls ustll for r efining
~ geodetic
Worrnatibn ne1ede5l for ~GBM targeting pamiddotrtcularly as l GBM accur~cy in(l provemiddot s~ middot Ci~ NORAD) (G011lFIDEHTIAL)
shy
shy
Po~sibleuro Soyiet Manned SoyuzFlights Duringmiddot1968 are Assessed
P-na l ysis of th e Sbytlz life - suppo rt t ec~hn~logy ~n ltornbination with otlunmiddot capsu Le smiddotubsysmiddottems and the dernonmiddotstrated au~omatic r endezvqus and doc~irrg maneuvemiddotr witb this space c r aft h~$ middotestabHshed the p otential capabHishytie-s of
anthe
dSoyuz as a pe rsonne l pounderry a manne lti o r urm4)Tned re supply veshy
fic le as an eadyen manned orbital kabltgtra tory SmtiEn~ manned space flight objectives indicat~ d b y lite rature s pokesttten lntelligeme s ou rce s a n d Soviet mis-si~n requi r ~lnents indieate4 by unresolved biome d1 cal andte-chn ologi cal prQblirns sx1ggestth~t th~ folt()wing rn~Jmed Soy uz amppac~fiight events nay oci-UF d~dn g l 96 8 middot
I I
bull A short (1- 5 days) SoyuZ-missian with a crewmiddot oi up to 3 rnem(Spiing)
A long~ r Soy+~ mission (pomiddotssibly tO days ) itlv olvihg extension ~ f th e e a r-lie r fli ght o r a new fligh t Jn the cour s e qf this m ission the Sovi ets will rendeZVQUS an d dock a nothe r Soyurz (manne d or llnmanned) with the one alreaciy in orblt The oper-ation will i ri clu de middote xtravehicular acti vit y an d t middotranMe t o f then poundrom one spaeec~1middotaft to the other One Soyuz will pet urn to earth afte1middot the t ransfe r and w~U b e fqlH thcent nlis-sibn is termin ate d (Sp ringshySulllltle r )
middot A 30- d-ay or longer S~yuz flight w_~~ a 3 man crew The -major p~rpos-e oi this mismiddotsion will be to study potential psycho1ogicental phy~ioleuro1g5cal and w o rk capadty prQblemmiddots dur-ing prolonged
spacefligltt Comple~ extraveqkular activities will be included Thi s mis sion also middotmay iiwolve a ferry ancl supply test ligllt by anoth er (mann ed or untnanned) Soyuz spacecraft which middotw ill -lin k with the first spacec raft fo r an extend~d period of tim Q or w ill return $oon after dischaorgi n g it~ calg9 (Summ-tr -Fa1J )
I bull
f
I ~
bull
eeore=t
ywt-es~e~saaP~et~----------------~---------------------------~ ----~
Cosmases 212 and 213 iaunchid ltm 14 and 15 April respeetively appear to be reliability testing of a utomated docking systems an~ techniques in preparation for m~nad $Pace iUghtsshy (ClA NORAD (~ECflET)
List of Active Soviet Satellite~
As a 1 S April there were fift een active Soviet satleilites
NAME NUSSJOi~
Cosmos 144 Meteoroh)Q~fal 2shy8 Feb 1967 Oos~os 156 Met~orol~gJcal 27 Mar 1967 Molniya 5 Mqlniya ~
Cornmuniaations Coromu~icentatipnsshy
Z4 May 1967 0~ omiddotcpound1~67
Molniya 7 Communicati~ a2middot Oct 19b7 Cosmos 184 Cosmos 192
Meteo ro L~gical Navigatrion
a4 Oct 19 67 23 Nov 1967
COsmos amp00 ~a~gation 19 J~n 1968 CosmQ-$ 203 Co snu)s 2o4
Navigation SciePtific
20 pemiddotb 1968 ~5 Mar 1968middot
Cosmos 406 yeneteorological 13 MaJ f9_68 CQsmos 2(9 Co-smos 211 Ctfsmos 2 ll Cosmomiddots 213
Meuteuverable Scientific Check-outmiddot9f S()tlmiddotZ $paCecraftr
Cbeck-~ll 0pound -Soyuz spacecraft
22 Ni-lr Ii~6~-09 Apr 1968 i4 Apr 1968-15 Apr 196Smiddot
~ Lun~ 111- iqun~~d Qn AB~l 196~ wonAi in~middot ~bii -rbullqtmd the litQPnlP 3 days Late i TASS ti)lo u nced the fol16Wtng ltgt rbitat parmiddotameter s
H~risectelene 190 ~J)q~te~ ~~L Aposelemiddotne 870 kilom~ r $shy
Period 160 $irlpte s
The Soviets apnounced mis~don included the s tudy 6pound
bull l-rapca gation and stability of ~adLo signals tram~mitied fram th-e ea-rth and b~k
--------------shymiddot10 WIR 1668 19 Apr 19-68
seeret
This last Hern is cqnside-red patticularly significant for the evaluation of ccmmand and control communication systems involved in future Soviet
lunar rnissioi~ hath rnanncd anq unmanned (NORAD) tSEGRET)
cosmo~es 212 a_nd 213 Rendezvous and Dock
Cosmos ZL2 launched from Tyuratam at lOdO Z on 14 April rce-ndez shymiddotvo_used and docked with Cosmos 213 the foll owing day Cosmos 213 was bunche d fr-om Tyuratam at 0932Z OJl 15 april dur-in g the i6th o)jbit oGosmo s Zl2 The SL-4 Jaunch system wa$ used for both Soyuz t rpe vehicles The link -up lasted for about Z 1(2 Fevotutions f rorn 10middot212 to 1411Z middot Radar data
tends to con-firm th~ Soviet clahns Both satellites w ere unmanned and the reroote automatic middot docking
tech11iques fir st noted em Cosxno s 186 H~ 8 wermiddote used The system pla-c es t1 active satellite (Gqmiddotsmos 214 bt t86yen ~nto Cgtrbit then as it J)aSllesmiddot oveimiddot Tyqratam the t-arget velUde (ClSl$rnos Zll or 188) is wae-ed tnto a copianmiddoter orbit within a few miles of thct activ-e vebicle This clos~ proximity permits re-latively low pmiddotowe r search sys tetns t Q acquire the target vehide A special purpo-se computer il1 the active satellite then effects the -r endezvous and docking ~
Orbital palallne-t~r s for both Cosmos 1861 8$ and 21 2 2l3 operations were similar ie n ear circular orbits o several h undTed kilometers 52 degree inclinations and periods of about 89 minutes] bullRound orbits eccentricity of near zeto) ar e advantageous for rendezvous since the velshyo-city t hen remains constant during the entire orbit
During the Cosmos 18618-8 operation docking took place 3 days after the initial laun ch b the Cosmos 2 t-2Z t3 event ~ly a day ela~ed belween the middottwo launches
There wete several un ique feature s of the Cosmos 212Zl3 operation
I
bull The Soviats announced th~ middotlalnch time e~ Cosmos Zl2 1n adshydition to the usual wording of the TASS ~nnouncement Thi s is tinprec edented
bull Cosmos 2-12
was slQwy tumbling
until a bout 48 miXute s before the docking took place This was prebably an effort to save fu e l fegt-r the Cosmos 212 engine and gas plessure for the ~tab~l shyization jets us e d in the docking op-eration
This do ekiqg and separClfion operation almest dup licate s that of Cosmos 186 188 ~m 30 O ctob e r 19 67 trhis impLie s t esting -of tho middot aut~rnat~c tecOniques
ll -------------ojS~9EKmiddotWIR 16 68 19 Apr 1968
O~rPE9~ t~-
seoPotr
ahd systems in pr-eparation for a manned ~ssion Gf this typmiddote middot Both Cosm0$es 212 and Z1-3 probaoly will be deorbitted as wer-e
Cosmoses 186 and 18-8 ( DIA NOAAJ)) - A bullbull
(SECRpoundi N0 F~(Jfll IgtISSEMINAFION _ Behfcas-ail(e )lt QS UK~ and Canada)
WIR~ lP68 19 Apr 1q6a
ywt-es~e~saaP~et~----------------~---------------------------~ ----~
Cosmases 212 and 213 iaunchid ltm 14 and 15 April respeetively appear to be reliability testing of a utomated docking systems an~ techniques in preparation for m~nad $Pace iUghtsshy (ClA NORAD (~ECflET)
List of Active Soviet Satellite~
As a 1 S April there were fift een active Soviet satleilites
NAME NUSSJOi~
Cosmos 144 Meteoroh)Q~fal 2shy8 Feb 1967 Oos~os 156 Met~orol~gJcal 27 Mar 1967 Molniya 5 Mqlniya ~
Cornmuniaations Coromu~icentatipnsshy
Z4 May 1967 0~ omiddotcpound1~67
Molniya 7 Communicati~ a2middot Oct 19b7 Cosmos 184 Cosmos 192
Meteo ro L~gical Navigatrion
a4 Oct 19 67 23 Nov 1967
COsmos amp00 ~a~gation 19 J~n 1968 CosmQ-$ 203 Co snu)s 2o4
Navigation SciePtific
20 pemiddotb 1968 ~5 Mar 1968middot
Cosmos 406 yeneteorological 13 MaJ f9_68 CQsmos 2(9 Co-smos 211 Ctfsmos 2 ll Cosmomiddots 213
Meuteuverable Scientific Check-outmiddot9f S()tlmiddotZ $paCecraftr
Cbeck-~ll 0pound -Soyuz spacecraft
22 Ni-lr Ii~6~-09 Apr 1968 i4 Apr 1968-15 Apr 196Smiddot
~ Lun~ 111- iqun~~d Qn AB~l 196~ wonAi in~middot ~bii -rbullqtmd the litQPnlP 3 days Late i TASS ti)lo u nced the fol16Wtng ltgt rbitat parmiddotameter s
H~risectelene 190 ~J)q~te~ ~~L Aposelemiddotne 870 kilom~ r $shy
Period 160 $irlpte s
The Soviets apnounced mis~don included the s tudy 6pound
bull l-rapca gation and stability of ~adLo signals tram~mitied fram th-e ea-rth and b~k
--------------shymiddot10 WIR 1668 19 Apr 19-68
seeret
This last Hern is cqnside-red patticularly significant for the evaluation of ccmmand and control communication systems involved in future Soviet
lunar rnissioi~ hath rnanncd anq unmanned (NORAD) tSEGRET)
cosmo~es 212 a_nd 213 Rendezvous and Dock
Cosmos ZL2 launched from Tyuratam at lOdO Z on 14 April rce-ndez shymiddotvo_used and docked with Cosmos 213 the foll owing day Cosmos 213 was bunche d fr-om Tyuratam at 0932Z OJl 15 april dur-in g the i6th o)jbit oGosmo s Zl2 The SL-4 Jaunch system wa$ used for both Soyuz t rpe vehicles The link -up lasted for about Z 1(2 Fevotutions f rorn 10middot212 to 1411Z middot Radar data
tends to con-firm th~ Soviet clahns Both satellites w ere unmanned and the reroote automatic middot docking
tech11iques fir st noted em Cosxno s 186 H~ 8 wermiddote used The system pla-c es t1 active satellite (Gqmiddotsmos 214 bt t86yen ~nto Cgtrbit then as it J)aSllesmiddot oveimiddot Tyqratam the t-arget velUde (ClSl$rnos Zll or 188) is wae-ed tnto a copianmiddoter orbit within a few miles of thct activ-e vebicle This clos~ proximity permits re-latively low pmiddotowe r search sys tetns t Q acquire the target vehide A special purpo-se computer il1 the active satellite then effects the -r endezvous and docking ~
Orbital palallne-t~r s for both Cosmos 1861 8$ and 21 2 2l3 operations were similar ie n ear circular orbits o several h undTed kilometers 52 degree inclinations and periods of about 89 minutes] bullRound orbits eccentricity of near zeto) ar e advantageous for rendezvous since the velshyo-city t hen remains constant during the entire orbit
During the Cosmos 18618-8 operation docking took place 3 days after the initial laun ch b the Cosmos 2 t-2Z t3 event ~ly a day ela~ed belween the middottwo launches
There wete several un ique feature s of the Cosmos 212Zl3 operation
I
bull The Soviats announced th~ middotlalnch time e~ Cosmos Zl2 1n adshydition to the usual wording of the TASS ~nnouncement Thi s is tinprec edented
bull Cosmos 2-12
was slQwy tumbling
until a bout 48 miXute s before the docking took place This was prebably an effort to save fu e l fegt-r the Cosmos 212 engine and gas plessure for the ~tab~l shyization jets us e d in the docking op-eration
This do ekiqg and separClfion operation almest dup licate s that of Cosmos 186 188 ~m 30 O ctob e r 19 67 trhis impLie s t esting -of tho middot aut~rnat~c tecOniques
ll -------------ojS~9EKmiddotWIR 16 68 19 Apr 1968
O~rPE9~ t~-
seoPotr
ahd systems in pr-eparation for a manned ~ssion Gf this typmiddote middot Both Cosm0$es 212 and Z1-3 probaoly will be deorbitted as wer-e
Cosmoses 186 and 18-8 ( DIA NOAAJ)) - A bullbull
(SECRpoundi N0 F~(Jfll IgtISSEMINAFION _ Behfcas-ail(e )lt QS UK~ and Canada)
WIR~ lP68 19 Apr 1q6a
seeret
This last Hern is cqnside-red patticularly significant for the evaluation of ccmmand and control communication systems involved in future Soviet
lunar rnissioi~ hath rnanncd anq unmanned (NORAD) tSEGRET)
cosmo~es 212 a_nd 213 Rendezvous and Dock
Cosmos ZL2 launched from Tyuratam at lOdO Z on 14 April rce-ndez shymiddotvo_used and docked with Cosmos 213 the foll owing day Cosmos 213 was bunche d fr-om Tyuratam at 0932Z OJl 15 april dur-in g the i6th o)jbit oGosmo s Zl2 The SL-4 Jaunch system wa$ used for both Soyuz t rpe vehicles The link -up lasted for about Z 1(2 Fevotutions f rorn 10middot212 to 1411Z middot Radar data
tends to con-firm th~ Soviet clahns Both satellites w ere unmanned and the reroote automatic middot docking
tech11iques fir st noted em Cosxno s 186 H~ 8 wermiddote used The system pla-c es t1 active satellite (Gqmiddotsmos 214 bt t86yen ~nto Cgtrbit then as it J)aSllesmiddot oveimiddot Tyqratam the t-arget velUde (ClSl$rnos Zll or 188) is wae-ed tnto a copianmiddoter orbit within a few miles of thct activ-e vebicle This clos~ proximity permits re-latively low pmiddotowe r search sys tetns t Q acquire the target vehide A special purpo-se computer il1 the active satellite then effects the -r endezvous and docking ~
Orbital palallne-t~r s for both Cosmos 1861 8$ and 21 2 2l3 operations were similar ie n ear circular orbits o several h undTed kilometers 52 degree inclinations and periods of about 89 minutes] bullRound orbits eccentricity of near zeto) ar e advantageous for rendezvous since the velshyo-city t hen remains constant during the entire orbit
During the Cosmos 18618-8 operation docking took place 3 days after the initial laun ch b the Cosmos 2 t-2Z t3 event ~ly a day ela~ed belween the middottwo launches
There wete several un ique feature s of the Cosmos 212Zl3 operation
I
bull The Soviats announced th~ middotlalnch time e~ Cosmos Zl2 1n adshydition to the usual wording of the TASS ~nnouncement Thi s is tinprec edented
bull Cosmos 2-12
was slQwy tumbling
until a bout 48 miXute s before the docking took place This was prebably an effort to save fu e l fegt-r the Cosmos 212 engine and gas plessure for the ~tab~l shyization jets us e d in the docking op-eration
This do ekiqg and separClfion operation almest dup licate s that of Cosmos 186 188 ~m 30 O ctob e r 19 67 trhis impLie s t esting -of tho middot aut~rnat~c tecOniques
ll -------------ojS~9EKmiddotWIR 16 68 19 Apr 1968
O~rPE9~ t~-
seoPotr
ahd systems in pr-eparation for a manned ~ssion Gf this typmiddote middot Both Cosm0$es 212 and Z1-3 probaoly will be deorbitted as wer-e
Cosmoses 186 and 18-8 ( DIA NOAAJ)) - A bullbull
(SECRpoundi N0 F~(Jfll IgtISSEMINAFION _ Behfcas-ail(e )lt QS UK~ and Canada)
WIR~ lP68 19 Apr 1q6a
seoPotr
ahd systems in pr-eparation for a manned ~ssion Gf this typmiddote middot Both Cosm0$es 212 and Z1-3 probaoly will be deorbitted as wer-e
Cosmoses 186 and 18-8 ( DIA NOAAJ)) - A bullbull
(SECRpoundi N0 F~(Jfll IgtISSEMINAFION _ Behfcas-ail(e )lt QS UK~ and Canada)
WIR~ lP68 19 Apr 1q6a
