·- · ru ORAD f -i- • s - Jcs NMCC DA CSAF CNO ON I tl ·- ' · f w'l°atiX T 1a - DI A DEPT OF STATE D RNSA CIA t 'I 111 ' d t - - iflc til BT I 1 B -·- ·· - ET AL · · · HJ l ol• Y · S E C R E T FROM NITA-S x-442 ' 114 FASS TO ACSI DA• CSAF FOR AFNlE• DIRNSA FOR A1f1 CI A FOR OSI BMSD FMSAC AND MIL DIV OCI DEPT OF STATE i OR HOWARD WIE DEMAN um DIA FOR DIAST-C AND DlAAP- l C 1D SPACE R E SCHMALTZ ONI FOR OP 922Y SAC FOR DISC 29 NORAD RG N FOR NORAD ALCOP FTD FOR TD-ARM AND AOS l6AF FOR DI AFCRL FOR CRFR THIS IS NORAD FRAGt1ENTARY REPORT NR 225-64 REFERENCE SICR DAC r-·0 6470 · SUB f SPUTNI K 8 CINTERNATIONAL DESIGNATION 1964-80 1 _ SPA ATS OBJECT 947 AND ASSOCIATED OBJECTS REFERENCE •· '• NOR 1 D FRAGYlENTARY REPORT NR - 22 -64 ON 9 DECEMBER 1964 THE DIYARBM ICRADAR FACILITY DETECTED AN OBJECT PASSING TlIR OUGH ITS BEAMS FROM APPROXIMATELY 23032 T0 23062 - AT · ·A N ES Of 7g3 TO 9S AUTICAL MILES THIS RADAR DATA n_ CATED THAT THSSOVIETS HAD 1 iUNCHED A NEtv EARTH l 11 TE VEHlCU FROM THE KAPUSTIN YAR MISS IU TEST li i• E AT APPROXIMATE LY 23012• ACHIEVEMENT OF EARTH 011 B T WAS CONFIRMED BY SUBSEQUENT RADAR DETECTIONS BY lllY RBAKIR ON REVOLUTION ONE BY T TRINIDAD AND MOOhESTOWN RADARS ON REV OLUTION TWO AND BY ELINT ----·· 1 r ' I t i · ' '°' ' · ' _ • - - --------· SECRET 5 • G s l 0 A - 3 4 7 - eo' l ' --- Lf 8 -7 51 7 l6 DECLASSIFIED AuthoritytJN'D5fi 5 j 2 c ' - SECRET Vi ES S A G E -- - ·- -·· - ·- - ' DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY STAFF COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION -·---- --------'---- - - - - - ----- - - - - - - IN1' ERCEPTS OBTAINED BY u S MONITORING FACILITIES m1s NEW SOVIET LAUNCH HAS BEEN DESIGNATED SPUTNIK 84 AN D IAYY FOB JECT NUMBER 947 FRM · 1 • T'dE RE LU1INARY RADAR DATA SPADATS HAS COMPUTED INITIAL r OR BIT AL PARAMETERS THESE PREDICTIONS ARE PRODUCED I 1 ' FROM MI IMUM OBSERVATIONAL DATA AND MUST BE CONSIDERED AS SJ BJECT TO LATER REFINEMENT INCL NAT ION 4 8 70 DEGREES PE RI Ol 92 49 MINUTES APOG EE 54 6 KI LOM2ERS PER I r EE 254 KPOMETERS nIE HADAR DATA HAS INDICATED THAT AT LEAST THREE OBJECTS ARE N THE SPUTNil ORBIT• THESE HAVE BEEN TENTAT lVELY I DEN 'l FIED AS THE PAYLOAD THE INJECTION STAGE ROCKET I 1 BODY AND A FR AGMENT RESPECTIVELY• PRELIMINARY RADAR SIGN ·11'URE ANALYSIS SUGGESTS THAT THE PAYLOAD IS STABIUZED W II U THE ROCKET BODY APPEARS ·AS A TUMBLING CYLINDER ' F DI MENSIONS POSSIBLY AROUND 1 TO 17 FEET IN LENGTH 1 n TO 7 FET IN DIAMETER INADDIT0N THERE IS A ' · RAPI DLY TUMBLit G FRAGMENT WHICH APPEARS AS A r • i - LI KE OB JECT AROUND A roo·r OR LESS IN GROSS DIAMETER · 1HE ' ALIDITY OF ·rHESE DH1ENSIONS IS UNCERTAIN THE IN F ·l lATION PRESENTLY AVAILABLE IS VERY LIMITED BUT ' TtlER IS AT PRESE NT NO EVIDENCE TO INDICATE THAT THE NISS ON OF THIS NEW EARTH SATELLITE IS OTHER THAN _ - - --- - -- - -- - --·----· t ____ -- SECRET PAGE 2 DECLASSIFIED A uthority NNuS S-1 2 c - - c _ - -· ·· · ··- ·· ----- - J DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY A ES S A G E _ _ - - I SC L NTIFIC r - s· T AF_F coMMUNICATIONS 01v1s10N IN NATURE AND ir 1s TENTAIIVELY SUGGESTED TiiA' ' SPUTNIK 84 IS ANOTHER IN THE KAPUSTIN YJ SERIES OF OV IE SC IENTIF IC SATELLITES THE LAUNCH TIME OF J APP •ox tTEl Y 23012·· IS_ UNUSUAL S - COMPARED TO PREVIQUS '- 1 ' SAT LLITE LAUNCHES FROM KAPUSTIN YAR BUT IT IS NOT n l THAT I AUCH TINE IS A CONSTRAINING FACTOR FOlf · · THE SCIETIFIC VEHICLES LAUNCHED FROM THE XAPUSPN YAR MI SSILE TEST RA E•HHIS LAUNCH TIMSUT1UZED FG sPUi NIK 84 IS POSSIBLY THE RESULT Of OPtRATIONAL CONSID RATIONS SUCH AS RANGE SCHEDULI N AS OF 0600YON W t ECEMBER 1964 THE SOVIETS HAVENOT YET ANNOUNCED nlE NEW LAUNCH IN THE OPEN PRESS FURTHER INFORMATION Wi ll BE FURNISHED AS AVAILABU GP-1 BT • TE ADV CY SENl YO ACS I AT 100743 Z DEC ' TION • T t' · L N c j lC -r th ACSFOt PAGE 3 l18 7Si 7 UECLASSI FIED A uthority tJtJu5£ 5 ' 2 c• · · - -- · - -- - • • r -- - - - -••-- -• •··