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DECLASSIFIED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE INTERAGENCY SECURITY CLASSIFICATION APPEALS PANEL EO 13526 SECTION 53(b)(3)
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SOVIETS LAUNCH ANOTHER PHOTORtccF SATFLWTF ON SJ-DEGRE~~ lNC IbulllNgtllON COSMOSFS 12 AND Z 13 DE-ORIHlED
Sulccssul operation presages manned event USSR LAUNCHES GEOPHYSICAL SATELUTt FROM KAPUSTN YAR SOVlFTS LAUNCH A PHOTO RFCCpoundFJINT SArpoundLUT
h the middot8tb thia yeato SOVFrS L-UNCH ANOTHER MOLNlYA COMshyMllloICATIONS SATELJlTE
h Prt o the Orbita ComlnWgticntiolgtS oystenbull tor TV 31)d telc(omnun to~tiol)s
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IPortion identified as non-responsive to the appeal
0VER BISQN rANKER (From Rrd Star) (OFFIClAL USE ONLY)
The tanker- fOyraquotem inc ludlt$ 180 fe etltgt ho~e- wltb dro~uc at end which extltnds roro bomb bay a nd iamp conshynected to the nom3l 1el systotn Probo at toVI)-r rgt~rt or plclue l$ 8 feet hmg and 10 mclfos iti ditmcter SISON are playing an iocbullmiddotoingly larger role gts ln)llterlf B1S0N tkers reul toth B~SON bombeu and Bpound1tS (SE(ltET)
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oviets Launch Another Photorecce atellite on 81-Degree 1nclination
The Soviets launched Cosmos 214 at aboltt L0-30Z on 18 Apr~l middotfr0m
he Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex The hiuncllvas detecliemiddotd by the 40L OHD and orbit was corrfirmemiddotd by I Iand thf Clear Alaska MEWS which acquired the vehicle 18 min-utes after launch
Cosmos 214 was placed into orbit by the SL-4 launch system coii isting of the SS-6 boastersustainer and the Ven~llt jhird ~tage All ~f the oviet recce satellites have been plmiddotacemiddotcii into orbit with the SL-4 lapnch system ipce last May middot
T he mission is assessed as a high re$blution photo recbnnaissan ce ehicle which will probaby be de -orbited on6AprH amiddotn~r a norpinal 8 day middot iss-ion bull
Orbital parametemiddotrs of Cosmos 214 are as poundoHows
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Apoge e km) 400 403 Perigee km) l963 211 Inclination (degrees) 8128 814 Periomiddotd (Min) 90 16 90 3gt
This is the second Soviet photo recce vehicle launched frorp Plesetsk on an 81-degre e inclination which gives them virtual pole to pole coverage The first was Cosmos 210 launched on 3 April 1968 (NORA D) (SECRET)
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Cosmoses 212 and 213 De-Orbited
Cosmos 212 a Soyuz type vehicle w~s deorbited and apparently middotimpacted in the USSR at about 0815Z on 19 April ducing the ea-rly poltion of its 80th revolution Cosmos 212 had been launchedon 14 April-and was the active vehicle in the docldng operation with Cosmos 213 on the l$th of April After the nearly 4 hour link-up Cosmos 212 apparently performed additional maneuvers
Cosmos 213 was deorbited cgtn 20 April early on its 8lst revolution Cosmos ZU was launched 15 ApriL and had served a middots the pas-sive velticentle for the rendezvo-us and doeking operation
The successful mlssions of these two Soyuz t~e vehides strengthens the possiblity that the middotsoviets will conduct a similar operation with cosmonauts aboard in the relativeLy near future Qoemonaut 1aJnarov was killed in Soyuz l in Apri1 of 19-67 middot (NORAD) (SEGREf NO FOREIGN DlSSEMNATlbN -- Relea-sal$le t0 BS Ul( and C~ada)
USSR Launches Geophysical Satellite from Kapustin Yar
The Soviets launched Cos~mo s 215 frcgtrn Kapustin Yar at about 223ZZ on 18 April
The vehicle was placed into orbit with the SL-7middot launch s stem SS-4 booster with 2nd stage)
These small sci~n-tific payloads are now being launched from both Kapustin Yar and Plemiddotsetsk
Orbital parameters are as fOUows
Apogee 453 8 kilomete1s Perigee 2 51 7 kilometers Inclination middot 48 4 degrmiddotees Period 913 minutes
(NORAD) (SECREf NO FOREIGN nrssEMJ_NATION -- Releasaample ~0 os UK 8 c-anada)
Soviets Launch a Photo RecceELINT SateJiite
The Soviet-s laun-che d Cosmos 216 from Tyuratam at 1030Z on 20 April Mission is assessed as low resolution photoelectropic intelligenc~ (ELINT)
collection The SL-4 launch system consisting of the SS-6 boostersustaineJ and
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th i rd stage Venik was used to place the vehimiddotde middottnto or b~t
O rbi tal para1neters are as foUows
SDC 2SS
Apo gee (km) 280 277 Perigee (km) 1984 199 Inclination (de g) 51 84 51 8 Period (Min) 89 11 89 l
Thi s is tbe eighth Soviet photo recce satellite this year Cosrnos 214 sti ll i n orbit was launched on 18 April Five have used the 20-30 foot low
resolution cameras while thxee have used the 5-8 foot high resolution c ame r a syste n1
Cosmos 216 will probably be dwrbited on 28 April afite1~ a normal 8 day mis sian (lORAD
(SECREf NO FOREIGN DISSEMINATlO~ -- Releasable to US UK ~ C~nada
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At 0420Z on 21 April the Soviets placed a Molniya Comrnunications s atelli t e i nto a parking o rbit from which it was ejected into a highlymiddot elliptic-al orbit a littl e more than an hour after launch rurkey rada+ track~G the v ehicl e after ejection from th e parking orbit
An SL- 6 launcl1 system consisting oCan SS-l~ boost~r sustainer amiddot V e nik thi r d stage and a fourth stage was tlsed
Molniyas 15 16 and 17 are still active while Mo lniya l4 has not be en h e ard f rom since January of 19euro8 Thus this laotest M o lniya rriaymiddot b e a r e placement for Mol niya 14
Lik e thes e o the r vehicles the orbit is highlmiddoty eUeptical with a 40 OOQ k ilometer apog e e an inclination of about 65 degrees and a nominal 12 houi p e 1middotiod
Molniyas are pa1~t of th_e SovjetOrbita corrlIi~mnicentatio~s sYs-tem According to the Soviets th~ 120 iden~ical ground stidions ll Qf ~yens YStem
bring tel~vision to 20 million viewmiddote~s qpound Himiddote FargtNormiddotth lJrals Far Ea~t Si b e ria a11d Kazakhastan directlyfrom Moscpw The syst~m has beer1 in ope ration for six n1onths middot
T1ic Soviets also claim that the grouncJ statJobs wf~h their 39 5 foot alun1inum dishes are relatively sirnple because of the urtique 40 wattpower used by th e Molniyas However the Orbita Ground stations do use cryogen-ic a p paratus for cl e aring space signals and the earth1 s rl radio nqise u
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The Soviets transmitt ciOheurs of TV per week on the OroHiacsystern and state that they are also developing a multi-cha~nel tel~middotphone hook-up w ith the Far East Th~y will al$0 bemiddot cal ~tmg out experiment~ colQr television and telephope links ~~tw-een ~oscQW and Parit (~e~ WIRs ~997 a~d 50 I 61 fC1t further data- on the - ~$nita syst~J (NORAD Izvestia) (SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEMINATEON -- Releasabl~ to US UK ampt Canada
soviet Circumt unar Mission Fails
A Soviet spacecraft Launched poundrongt Ty~tlt~tana middotat about 23cOlZ on 22 April on a probable circumlunar mission failed to achieve orbit
Prelimin-ary analysis I 50Xl and 3 E013526
The Soviets experiencemiddotcl a similar circpmlunar fililumiddotre on 7 Februalymiddot 1968 when a Tyuratam la~n-ched v ehicle failed to achieve orbit (NORAD) 13ECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEMINATION-- Releasable to US UKamp Canada)
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Issue No 1768 26 Aprill968
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Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal
SOVIETS LAUNCH ANOTHER PHOTORtccF SATFLWTF ON SJ-DEGRE~~ lNC IbulllNgtllON COSMOSFS 12 AND Z 13 DE-ORIHlED
Sulccssul operation presages manned event USSR LAUNCHES GEOPHYSICAL SATELUTt FROM KAPUSTN YAR SOVlFTS LAUNCH A PHOTO RFCCpoundFJINT SArpoundLUT
h the middot8tb thia yeato SOVFrS L-UNCH ANOTHER MOLNlYA COMshyMllloICATIONS SATELJlTE
h Prt o the Orbita ComlnWgticntiolgtS oystenbull tor TV 31)d telc(omnun to~tiol)s
SOVIET CJRCUMlUNAR MSSlON FNLS
IPortion identified as non-responsive to the appeal
0VER BISQN rANKER (From Rrd Star) (OFFIClAL USE ONLY)
The tanker- fOyraquotem inc ludlt$ 180 fe etltgt ho~e- wltb dro~uc at end which extltnds roro bomb bay a nd iamp conshynected to the nom3l 1el systotn Probo at toVI)-r rgt~rt or plclue l$ 8 feet hmg and 10 mclfos iti ditmcter SISON are playing an iocbullmiddotoingly larger role gts ln)llterlf B1S0N tkers reul toth B~SON bombeu and Bpound1tS (SE(ltET)
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oviets Launch Another Photorecce atellite on 81-Degree 1nclination
The Soviets launched Cosmos 214 at aboltt L0-30Z on 18 Apr~l middotfr0m
he Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex The hiuncllvas detecliemiddotd by the 40L OHD and orbit was corrfirmemiddotd by I Iand thf Clear Alaska MEWS which acquired the vehicle 18 min-utes after launch
Cosmos 214 was placed into orbit by the SL-4 launch system coii isting of the SS-6 boastersustainer and the Ven~llt jhird ~tage All ~f the oviet recce satellites have been plmiddotacemiddotcii into orbit with the SL-4 lapnch system ipce last May middot
T he mission is assessed as a high re$blution photo recbnnaissan ce ehicle which will probaby be de -orbited on6AprH amiddotn~r a norpinal 8 day middot iss-ion bull
Orbital parametemiddotrs of Cosmos 214 are as poundoHows
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SDC TASS
Apoge e km) 400 403 Perigee km) l963 211 Inclination (degrees) 8128 814 Periomiddotd (Min) 90 16 90 3gt
This is the second Soviet photo recce vehicle launched frorp Plesetsk on an 81-degre e inclination which gives them virtual pole to pole coverage The first was Cosmos 210 launched on 3 April 1968 (NORA D) (SECRET)
-9shy
WIR 1768 26 Apr 1968 SECRET
~~~~------~--~--~~~~- ~xmiddottllllllll -eeoret
Cosmoses 212 and 213 De-Orbited
Cosmos 212 a Soyuz type vehicle w~s deorbited and apparently middotimpacted in the USSR at about 0815Z on 19 April ducing the ea-rly poltion of its 80th revolution Cosmos 212 had been launchedon 14 April-and was the active vehicle in the docldng operation with Cosmos 213 on the l$th of April After the nearly 4 hour link-up Cosmos 212 apparently performed additional maneuvers
Cosmos 213 was deorbited cgtn 20 April early on its 8lst revolution Cosmos ZU was launched 15 ApriL and had served a middots the pas-sive velticentle for the rendezvo-us and doeking operation
The successful mlssions of these two Soyuz t~e vehides strengthens the possiblity that the middotsoviets will conduct a similar operation with cosmonauts aboard in the relativeLy near future Qoemonaut 1aJnarov was killed in Soyuz l in Apri1 of 19-67 middot (NORAD) (SEGREf NO FOREIGN DlSSEMNATlbN -- Relea-sal$le t0 BS Ul( and C~ada)
USSR Launches Geophysical Satellite from Kapustin Yar
The Soviets launched Cos~mo s 215 frcgtrn Kapustin Yar at about 223ZZ on 18 April
The vehicle was placed into orbit with the SL-7middot launch s stem SS-4 booster with 2nd stage)
These small sci~n-tific payloads are now being launched from both Kapustin Yar and Plemiddotsetsk
Orbital parameters are as fOUows
Apogee 453 8 kilomete1s Perigee 2 51 7 kilometers Inclination middot 48 4 degrmiddotees Period 913 minutes
(NORAD) (SECREf NO FOREIGN nrssEMJ_NATION -- Releasaample ~0 os UK 8 c-anada)
Soviets Launch a Photo RecceELINT SateJiite
The Soviet-s laun-che d Cosmos 216 from Tyuratam at 1030Z on 20 April Mission is assessed as low resolution photoelectropic intelligenc~ (ELINT)
collection The SL-4 launch system consisting of the SS-6 boostersustaineJ and
-~--- 10 WIR 1768 26 Apdl 1968
eooret~
~~S~C9euroC~r~o~tamp---------------------------------------------~- w-shyI middot ~ ---~
th i rd stage Venik was used to place the vehimiddotde middottnto or b~t
O rbi tal para1neters are as foUows
SDC 2SS
Apo gee (km) 280 277 Perigee (km) 1984 199 Inclination (de g) 51 84 51 8 Period (Min) 89 11 89 l
Thi s is tbe eighth Soviet photo recce satellite this year Cosrnos 214 sti ll i n orbit was launched on 18 April Five have used the 20-30 foot low
resolution cameras while thxee have used the 5-8 foot high resolution c ame r a syste n1
Cosmos 216 will probably be dwrbited on 28 April afite1~ a normal 8 day mis sian (lORAD
(SECREf NO FOREIGN DISSEMINATlO~ -- Releasable to US UK ~ C~nada
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I ~ Soviets Launch Another Molniya Communications SateUite
At 0420Z on 21 April the Soviets placed a Molniya Comrnunications s atelli t e i nto a parking o rbit from which it was ejected into a highlymiddot elliptic-al orbit a littl e more than an hour after launch rurkey rada+ track~G the v ehicl e after ejection from th e parking orbit
An SL- 6 launcl1 system consisting oCan SS-l~ boost~r sustainer amiddot V e nik thi r d stage and a fourth stage was tlsed
Molniyas 15 16 and 17 are still active while Mo lniya l4 has not be en h e ard f rom since January of 19euro8 Thus this laotest M o lniya rriaymiddot b e a r e placement for Mol niya 14
Lik e thes e o the r vehicles the orbit is highlmiddoty eUeptical with a 40 OOQ k ilometer apog e e an inclination of about 65 degrees and a nominal 12 houi p e 1middotiod
Molniyas are pa1~t of th_e SovjetOrbita corrlIi~mnicentatio~s sYs-tem According to the Soviets th~ 120 iden~ical ground stidions ll Qf ~yens YStem
bring tel~vision to 20 million viewmiddote~s qpound Himiddote FargtNormiddotth lJrals Far Ea~t Si b e ria a11d Kazakhastan directlyfrom Moscpw The syst~m has beer1 in ope ration for six n1onths middot
T1ic Soviets also claim that the grouncJ statJobs wf~h their 39 5 foot alun1inum dishes are relatively sirnple because of the urtique 40 wattpower used by th e Molniyas However the Orbita Ground stations do use cryogen-ic a p paratus for cl e aring space signals and the earth1 s rl radio nqise u
I
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The Soviets transmitt ciOheurs of TV per week on the OroHiacsystern and state that they are also developing a multi-cha~nel tel~middotphone hook-up w ith the Far East Th~y will al$0 bemiddot cal ~tmg out experiment~ colQr television and telephope links ~~tw-een ~oscQW and Parit (~e~ WIRs ~997 a~d 50 I 61 fC1t further data- on the - ~$nita syst~J (NORAD Izvestia) (SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEMINATEON -- Releasabl~ to US UK ampt Canada
soviet Circumt unar Mission Fails
A Soviet spacecraft Launched poundrongt Ty~tlt~tana middotat about 23cOlZ on 22 April on a probable circumlunar mission failed to achieve orbit
Prelimin-ary analysis I 50Xl and 3 E013526
The Soviets experiencemiddotcl a similar circpmlunar fililumiddotre on 7 Februalymiddot 1968 when a Tyuratam la~n-ched v ehicle failed to achieve orbit (NORAD) 13ECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEMINATION-- Releasable to US UKamp Canada)
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middoton space
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and trer~ds
~0
oviets Launch Another Photorecce atellite on 81-Degree 1nclination
The Soviets launched Cosmos 214 at aboltt L0-30Z on 18 Apr~l middotfr0m
he Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex The hiuncllvas detecliemiddotd by the 40L OHD and orbit was corrfirmemiddotd by I Iand thf Clear Alaska MEWS which acquired the vehicle 18 min-utes after launch
Cosmos 214 was placed into orbit by the SL-4 launch system coii isting of the SS-6 boastersustainer and the Ven~llt jhird ~tage All ~f the oviet recce satellites have been plmiddotacemiddotcii into orbit with the SL-4 lapnch system ipce last May middot
T he mission is assessed as a high re$blution photo recbnnaissan ce ehicle which will probaby be de -orbited on6AprH amiddotn~r a norpinal 8 day middot iss-ion bull
Orbital parametemiddotrs of Cosmos 214 are as poundoHows
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SDC TASS
Apoge e km) 400 403 Perigee km) l963 211 Inclination (degrees) 8128 814 Periomiddotd (Min) 90 16 90 3gt
This is the second Soviet photo recce vehicle launched frorp Plesetsk on an 81-degre e inclination which gives them virtual pole to pole coverage The first was Cosmos 210 launched on 3 April 1968 (NORA D) (SECRET)
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WIR 1768 26 Apr 1968 SECRET
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Cosmoses 212 and 213 De-Orbited
Cosmos 212 a Soyuz type vehicle w~s deorbited and apparently middotimpacted in the USSR at about 0815Z on 19 April ducing the ea-rly poltion of its 80th revolution Cosmos 212 had been launchedon 14 April-and was the active vehicle in the docldng operation with Cosmos 213 on the l$th of April After the nearly 4 hour link-up Cosmos 212 apparently performed additional maneuvers
Cosmos 213 was deorbited cgtn 20 April early on its 8lst revolution Cosmos ZU was launched 15 ApriL and had served a middots the pas-sive velticentle for the rendezvo-us and doeking operation
The successful mlssions of these two Soyuz t~e vehides strengthens the possiblity that the middotsoviets will conduct a similar operation with cosmonauts aboard in the relativeLy near future Qoemonaut 1aJnarov was killed in Soyuz l in Apri1 of 19-67 middot (NORAD) (SEGREf NO FOREIGN DlSSEMNATlbN -- Relea-sal$le t0 BS Ul( and C~ada)
USSR Launches Geophysical Satellite from Kapustin Yar
The Soviets launched Cos~mo s 215 frcgtrn Kapustin Yar at about 223ZZ on 18 April
The vehicle was placed into orbit with the SL-7middot launch s stem SS-4 booster with 2nd stage)
These small sci~n-tific payloads are now being launched from both Kapustin Yar and Plemiddotsetsk
Orbital parameters are as fOUows
Apogee 453 8 kilomete1s Perigee 2 51 7 kilometers Inclination middot 48 4 degrmiddotees Period 913 minutes
(NORAD) (SECREf NO FOREIGN nrssEMJ_NATION -- Releasaample ~0 os UK 8 c-anada)
Soviets Launch a Photo RecceELINT SateJiite
The Soviet-s laun-che d Cosmos 216 from Tyuratam at 1030Z on 20 April Mission is assessed as low resolution photoelectropic intelligenc~ (ELINT)
collection The SL-4 launch system consisting of the SS-6 boostersustaineJ and
-~--- 10 WIR 1768 26 Apdl 1968
eooret~
~~S~C9euroC~r~o~tamp---------------------------------------------~- w-shyI middot ~ ---~
th i rd stage Venik was used to place the vehimiddotde middottnto or b~t
O rbi tal para1neters are as foUows
SDC 2SS
Apo gee (km) 280 277 Perigee (km) 1984 199 Inclination (de g) 51 84 51 8 Period (Min) 89 11 89 l
Thi s is tbe eighth Soviet photo recce satellite this year Cosrnos 214 sti ll i n orbit was launched on 18 April Five have used the 20-30 foot low
resolution cameras while thxee have used the 5-8 foot high resolution c ame r a syste n1
Cosmos 216 will probably be dwrbited on 28 April afite1~ a normal 8 day mis sian (lORAD
(SECREf NO FOREIGN DISSEMINATlO~ -- Releasable to US UK ~ C~nada
i
I
I
I ~ Soviets Launch Another Molniya Communications SateUite
At 0420Z on 21 April the Soviets placed a Molniya Comrnunications s atelli t e i nto a parking o rbit from which it was ejected into a highlymiddot elliptic-al orbit a littl e more than an hour after launch rurkey rada+ track~G the v ehicl e after ejection from th e parking orbit
An SL- 6 launcl1 system consisting oCan SS-l~ boost~r sustainer amiddot V e nik thi r d stage and a fourth stage was tlsed
Molniyas 15 16 and 17 are still active while Mo lniya l4 has not be en h e ard f rom since January of 19euro8 Thus this laotest M o lniya rriaymiddot b e a r e placement for Mol niya 14
Lik e thes e o the r vehicles the orbit is highlmiddoty eUeptical with a 40 OOQ k ilometer apog e e an inclination of about 65 degrees and a nominal 12 houi p e 1middotiod
Molniyas are pa1~t of th_e SovjetOrbita corrlIi~mnicentatio~s sYs-tem According to the Soviets th~ 120 iden~ical ground stidions ll Qf ~yens YStem
bring tel~vision to 20 million viewmiddote~s qpound Himiddote FargtNormiddotth lJrals Far Ea~t Si b e ria a11d Kazakhastan directlyfrom Moscpw The syst~m has beer1 in ope ration for six n1onths middot
T1ic Soviets also claim that the grouncJ statJobs wf~h their 39 5 foot alun1inum dishes are relatively sirnple because of the urtique 40 wattpower used by th e Molniyas However the Orbita Ground stations do use cryogen-ic a p paratus for cl e aring space signals and the earth1 s rl radio nqise u
I
bull ~~ llbull see1etW-IR-1-7__6_8__26-A-p-r-1-9-6-8-shy
seore=t
The Soviets transmitt ciOheurs of TV per week on the OroHiacsystern and state that they are also developing a multi-cha~nel tel~middotphone hook-up w ith the Far East Th~y will al$0 bemiddot cal ~tmg out experiment~ colQr television and telephope links ~~tw-een ~oscQW and Parit (~e~ WIRs ~997 a~d 50 I 61 fC1t further data- on the - ~$nita syst~J (NORAD Izvestia) (SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEMINATEON -- Releasabl~ to US UK ampt Canada
soviet Circumt unar Mission Fails
A Soviet spacecraft Launched poundrongt Ty~tlt~tana middotat about 23cOlZ on 22 April on a probable circumlunar mission failed to achieve orbit
Prelimin-ary analysis I 50Xl and 3 E013526
The Soviets experiencemiddotcl a similar circpmlunar fililumiddotre on 7 Februalymiddot 1968 when a Tyuratam la~n-ched v ehicle failed to achieve orbit (NORAD) 13ECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEMINATION-- Releasable to US UKamp Canada)
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Cosmoses 212 and 213 De-Orbited
Cosmos 212 a Soyuz type vehicle w~s deorbited and apparently middotimpacted in the USSR at about 0815Z on 19 April ducing the ea-rly poltion of its 80th revolution Cosmos 212 had been launchedon 14 April-and was the active vehicle in the docldng operation with Cosmos 213 on the l$th of April After the nearly 4 hour link-up Cosmos 212 apparently performed additional maneuvers
Cosmos 213 was deorbited cgtn 20 April early on its 8lst revolution Cosmos ZU was launched 15 ApriL and had served a middots the pas-sive velticentle for the rendezvo-us and doeking operation
The successful mlssions of these two Soyuz t~e vehides strengthens the possiblity that the middotsoviets will conduct a similar operation with cosmonauts aboard in the relativeLy near future Qoemonaut 1aJnarov was killed in Soyuz l in Apri1 of 19-67 middot (NORAD) (SEGREf NO FOREIGN DlSSEMNATlbN -- Relea-sal$le t0 BS Ul( and C~ada)
USSR Launches Geophysical Satellite from Kapustin Yar
The Soviets launched Cos~mo s 215 frcgtrn Kapustin Yar at about 223ZZ on 18 April
The vehicle was placed into orbit with the SL-7middot launch s stem SS-4 booster with 2nd stage)
These small sci~n-tific payloads are now being launched from both Kapustin Yar and Plemiddotsetsk
Orbital parameters are as fOUows
Apogee 453 8 kilomete1s Perigee 2 51 7 kilometers Inclination middot 48 4 degrmiddotees Period 913 minutes
(NORAD) (SECREf NO FOREIGN nrssEMJ_NATION -- Releasaample ~0 os UK 8 c-anada)
Soviets Launch a Photo RecceELINT SateJiite
The Soviet-s laun-che d Cosmos 216 from Tyuratam at 1030Z on 20 April Mission is assessed as low resolution photoelectropic intelligenc~ (ELINT)
collection The SL-4 launch system consisting of the SS-6 boostersustaineJ and
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th i rd stage Venik was used to place the vehimiddotde middottnto or b~t
O rbi tal para1neters are as foUows
SDC 2SS
Apo gee (km) 280 277 Perigee (km) 1984 199 Inclination (de g) 51 84 51 8 Period (Min) 89 11 89 l
Thi s is tbe eighth Soviet photo recce satellite this year Cosrnos 214 sti ll i n orbit was launched on 18 April Five have used the 20-30 foot low
resolution cameras while thxee have used the 5-8 foot high resolution c ame r a syste n1
Cosmos 216 will probably be dwrbited on 28 April afite1~ a normal 8 day mis sian (lORAD
(SECREf NO FOREIGN DISSEMINATlO~ -- Releasable to US UK ~ C~nada
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I ~ Soviets Launch Another Molniya Communications SateUite
At 0420Z on 21 April the Soviets placed a Molniya Comrnunications s atelli t e i nto a parking o rbit from which it was ejected into a highlymiddot elliptic-al orbit a littl e more than an hour after launch rurkey rada+ track~G the v ehicl e after ejection from th e parking orbit
An SL- 6 launcl1 system consisting oCan SS-l~ boost~r sustainer amiddot V e nik thi r d stage and a fourth stage was tlsed
Molniyas 15 16 and 17 are still active while Mo lniya l4 has not be en h e ard f rom since January of 19euro8 Thus this laotest M o lniya rriaymiddot b e a r e placement for Mol niya 14
Lik e thes e o the r vehicles the orbit is highlmiddoty eUeptical with a 40 OOQ k ilometer apog e e an inclination of about 65 degrees and a nominal 12 houi p e 1middotiod
Molniyas are pa1~t of th_e SovjetOrbita corrlIi~mnicentatio~s sYs-tem According to the Soviets th~ 120 iden~ical ground stidions ll Qf ~yens YStem
bring tel~vision to 20 million viewmiddote~s qpound Himiddote FargtNormiddotth lJrals Far Ea~t Si b e ria a11d Kazakhastan directlyfrom Moscpw The syst~m has beer1 in ope ration for six n1onths middot
T1ic Soviets also claim that the grouncJ statJobs wf~h their 39 5 foot alun1inum dishes are relatively sirnple because of the urtique 40 wattpower used by th e Molniyas However the Orbita Ground stations do use cryogen-ic a p paratus for cl e aring space signals and the earth1 s rl radio nqise u
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The Soviets transmitt ciOheurs of TV per week on the OroHiacsystern and state that they are also developing a multi-cha~nel tel~middotphone hook-up w ith the Far East Th~y will al$0 bemiddot cal ~tmg out experiment~ colQr television and telephope links ~~tw-een ~oscQW and Parit (~e~ WIRs ~997 a~d 50 I 61 fC1t further data- on the - ~$nita syst~J (NORAD Izvestia) (SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEMINATEON -- Releasabl~ to US UK ampt Canada
soviet Circumt unar Mission Fails
A Soviet spacecraft Launched poundrongt Ty~tlt~tana middotat about 23cOlZ on 22 April on a probable circumlunar mission failed to achieve orbit
Prelimin-ary analysis I 50Xl and 3 E013526
The Soviets experiencemiddotcl a similar circpmlunar fililumiddotre on 7 Februalymiddot 1968 when a Tyuratam la~n-ched v ehicle failed to achieve orbit (NORAD) 13ECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEMINATION-- Releasable to US UKamp Canada)
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~~S~C9euroC~r~o~tamp---------------------------------------------~- w-shyI middot ~ ---~
th i rd stage Venik was used to place the vehimiddotde middottnto or b~t
O rbi tal para1neters are as foUows
SDC 2SS
Apo gee (km) 280 277 Perigee (km) 1984 199 Inclination (de g) 51 84 51 8 Period (Min) 89 11 89 l
Thi s is tbe eighth Soviet photo recce satellite this year Cosrnos 214 sti ll i n orbit was launched on 18 April Five have used the 20-30 foot low
resolution cameras while thxee have used the 5-8 foot high resolution c ame r a syste n1
Cosmos 216 will probably be dwrbited on 28 April afite1~ a normal 8 day mis sian (lORAD
(SECREf NO FOREIGN DISSEMINATlO~ -- Releasable to US UK ~ C~nada
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I ~ Soviets Launch Another Molniya Communications SateUite
At 0420Z on 21 April the Soviets placed a Molniya Comrnunications s atelli t e i nto a parking o rbit from which it was ejected into a highlymiddot elliptic-al orbit a littl e more than an hour after launch rurkey rada+ track~G the v ehicl e after ejection from th e parking orbit
An SL- 6 launcl1 system consisting oCan SS-l~ boost~r sustainer amiddot V e nik thi r d stage and a fourth stage was tlsed
Molniyas 15 16 and 17 are still active while Mo lniya l4 has not be en h e ard f rom since January of 19euro8 Thus this laotest M o lniya rriaymiddot b e a r e placement for Mol niya 14
Lik e thes e o the r vehicles the orbit is highlmiddoty eUeptical with a 40 OOQ k ilometer apog e e an inclination of about 65 degrees and a nominal 12 houi p e 1middotiod
Molniyas are pa1~t of th_e SovjetOrbita corrlIi~mnicentatio~s sYs-tem According to the Soviets th~ 120 iden~ical ground stidions ll Qf ~yens YStem
bring tel~vision to 20 million viewmiddote~s qpound Himiddote FargtNormiddotth lJrals Far Ea~t Si b e ria a11d Kazakhastan directlyfrom Moscpw The syst~m has beer1 in ope ration for six n1onths middot
T1ic Soviets also claim that the grouncJ statJobs wf~h their 39 5 foot alun1inum dishes are relatively sirnple because of the urtique 40 wattpower used by th e Molniyas However the Orbita Ground stations do use cryogen-ic a p paratus for cl e aring space signals and the earth1 s rl radio nqise u
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The Soviets transmitt ciOheurs of TV per week on the OroHiacsystern and state that they are also developing a multi-cha~nel tel~middotphone hook-up w ith the Far East Th~y will al$0 bemiddot cal ~tmg out experiment~ colQr television and telephope links ~~tw-een ~oscQW and Parit (~e~ WIRs ~997 a~d 50 I 61 fC1t further data- on the - ~$nita syst~J (NORAD Izvestia) (SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEMINATEON -- Releasabl~ to US UK ampt Canada
soviet Circumt unar Mission Fails
A Soviet spacecraft Launched poundrongt Ty~tlt~tana middotat about 23cOlZ on 22 April on a probable circumlunar mission failed to achieve orbit
Prelimin-ary analysis I 50Xl and 3 E013526
The Soviets experiencemiddotcl a similar circpmlunar fililumiddotre on 7 Februalymiddot 1968 when a Tyuratam la~n-ched v ehicle failed to achieve orbit (NORAD) 13ECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEMINATION-- Releasable to US UKamp Canada)
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The Soviets transmitt ciOheurs of TV per week on the OroHiacsystern and state that they are also developing a multi-cha~nel tel~middotphone hook-up w ith the Far East Th~y will al$0 bemiddot cal ~tmg out experiment~ colQr television and telephope links ~~tw-een ~oscQW and Parit (~e~ WIRs ~997 a~d 50 I 61 fC1t further data- on the - ~$nita syst~J (NORAD Izvestia) (SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEMINATEON -- Releasabl~ to US UK ampt Canada
soviet Circumt unar Mission Fails
A Soviet spacecraft Launched poundrongt Ty~tlt~tana middotat about 23cOlZ on 22 April on a probable circumlunar mission failed to achieve orbit
Prelimin-ary analysis I 50Xl and 3 E013526
The Soviets experiencemiddotcl a similar circpmlunar fililumiddotre on 7 Februalymiddot 1968 when a Tyuratam la~n-ched v ehicle failed to achieve orbit (NORAD) 13ECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEMINATION-- Releasable to US UKamp Canada)
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