I Approved for_ Release _20_1_9f 2f_10 00315372 and gar 1 USSR LAUNCHES EARTH SATELLITE Comment on The Soviet Union on 4 October an- nounced the successful launching of an earth satellite Time and place of launching were not revealed A Reuters radio station north of Lon- don reported at 2005 EDT on 4 Octo- ber that it had heard radio signals on the 20 megacycle band Soviet sci- entists had announced that the 20- and 40- megacycle frequencies would be used by the satellite's transmitter iThe signal was heard three times prior to midnight on 4 Octoberr ere also heard by commercial re- ceiving stations in the New York and JSan Francisco areas 5 Oct Current Intelligence Bulletin Page 3 mt Approved for Release 2019f12f10 003153727 Approved 003153 27 Jher'euas a etrong resemblance to previous activity which had terminated on September with the probable launching of the second ICBM test vehicle The evidence confirms the announce ment that the USSR has successfully orbited an earth eatelw lite 5 Oct Current Intelligence Bulletin Page 4 Approved for Release 2019f12i10 003153727_ This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu