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Cosmos launt~her Oi$playeltt 1st Stage is SANDAL MRBM as Esti mated

The SQvi_ets haV-e put on display in Moscow a 2-stage tandem middotmiddot rocket which they say is tle -launchermiddot of fhe Cosmos spacecraft

Photography (page 47 indic~tea that t-hefirst atage is the middotSANDAL S$-4 MRBM (iemiddotSbullS warhebullad) which hae been paxaded in all the Moscow missile parades since its- introduction hi the 7 Noven1ber 1960 parade

e Th-e displayeQ rocket is prohably the S~-7 plropulsion $yst~m - which the Smiddotgviets have been using sirue l -962 fo-r the laUllch of reSearch

sate~lliteS o the Cosni-es series from Kapusmiddottin Yar the SL-7s low-orbit payload c~pability is middotestimated at about 40() potinds middot (PtA NO~AD) (SECRElJ

Orbital Bornb System Reglsters 7th consecufive suceesSlJf~tbJraquol Cos roo~ 137

khe Sovfet-~ GDB-lroi-oital bomba-rdinerit system registerea itsI

~pparent Zth conseeuti1~ firing suece-s~ on 28 0cloligtet-~ It wa~ launched ~rom Tyl1ratam at about 13middot15 Z and urtpac_ted in the USSR a~o)lt 1 bull ~ hou~s l~t~r on R~olutio-n 1 rtea~ 1 dbWQ-fange station emiddotf the Kapuffi)i Yar missile teSt range shyC

ItEJoraquobital pa~am~t-ex-s Were- touch the sam~ as -those of its pteiteCessors -- it was in a very low orbit with a~ E9~torial inciJtlatiQ-tl of about 49- 6 degrees

Also like its predeces-sots i-t was-given a Cosmos amiddotecsignation No 187) to conc-eal its true mission

The last- strch test~ wlich oc~uued o-p 18 October waa deso-ribed in lastmiddotweek1 s WlR (~Ol amiddotU firings 1 see page 46)

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Cosmos 184 Probably a Weather Satellite but Malfunctions

The Soviets launched Cosmos 184 wom Ples~tak at about 2250middotZ 24 Octobor into a 11e~r-Qtrcular orbit Wi middot -a jn~liDattOn- opound o-~tr- 8J degre~s This- c~Mt is believed to~ ltciQQeJ ~a weathe~ aatellite

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The SOribullta- did not anrioune-e itamp~~~ a~- middot$ d~ys late~i it that Ume they named the vehiel~ eo~ lll4 alid eaid that it was ca~ acientifie ms~~~n 19~middot bull~e re~~cb ~~essftrl sate~eS ar-e ubullually aUloUllc~ ~ fbuilt ho~bull after laW1Ch

Thw failureof Cosmoamp lSi Wil1 p~ev-ont the S()vi~ts fW~om teaumUlg their t~s~tuJiQp~ of sateliite-co~~~e~th~h~~(J~ tfl) tk~ US

Ac~Uy the SQVets ~ve11entr~metfbe tea=ltlli opoundmiddot their 19~a agleemeft with the us ~eh frirat ~easfW w~~the~ s~llite waa not laun~d untU t11ne 1966 oue middotyear - middot the e~ge oi wbullther data from satbullUitamp~~ ~ to begin And the middot cQYIJ did nQt middotsend auy data b middotom thi vehicle Coamoa l~) otD~o mentis middotBfte- ltrbCh in Se_pte~her 1966 Finally ~ uae~-middot a1 tJie data pae-sed ns been of limited value in weather prtgtgnoa-js l)eeaun th$ S~t~ have failed to trans~it the data within~ 6boU ~$liniit ~pecmiddotifie~ in the ampPeement

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The Soviets launched Cosmos 184 wom Ples~tak at about 2250middotZ 24 Octobor into a 11e~r-Qtrcular orbit Wi middot -a jn~liDattOn- opound o-~tr- 8J degre~s This- c~Mt is believed to~ ltciQQeJ ~a weathe~ aatellite

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C~tmoa 184 appaently ta~t~4~ampn p1-~~ly~ Jlqweer9

The SOribullta- did not anrioune-e itamp~~~ a~- middot$ d~ys late~i it that Ume they named the vehiel~ eo~ lll4 alid eaid that it was ca~ acientifie ms~~~n 19~middot bull~e re~~cb ~~essftrl sate~eS ar-e ubullually aUloUllc~ ~ fbuilt ho~bull after laW1Ch

Thw failureof Cosmoamp lSi Wil1 p~ev-ont the S()vi~ts fW~om teaumUlg their t~s~tuJiQp~ of sateliite-co~~~e~th~h~~(J~ tfl) tk~ US

Ac~Uy the SQVets ~ve11entr~metfbe tea=ltlli opoundmiddot their 19~a agleemeft with the us ~eh frirat ~easfW w~~the~ s~llite waa not laun~d untU t11ne 1966 oue middotyear - middot the e~ge oi wbullther data from satbullUitamp~~ ~ to begin And the middot cQYIJ did nQt middotsend auy data b middotom thi vehicle Coamoa l~) otD~o mentis middotBfte- ltrbCh in Se_pte~her 1966 Finally ~ uae~-middot a1 tJie data pae-sed ns been of limited value in weather prtgtgnoa-js l)eeaun th$ S~t~ have failed to trans~it the data within~ 6boU ~$liniit ~pecmiddotifie~ in the ampPeement

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May Be MUitary ~ The ndsmiddotsion of Cosznos 18-9 whichmiddotthemiddot Soviets launched Tom 0 Plesetak at about l758Z 31 Qclober is not known TASS said middotthat ~ it was a re-gular COSJl19B-$e~eamp research sat-ellite but it iS SUIJ ~ of middothavin some unknown militar- a licationC = a this respect it ~

re~em es Cosm-os lS8y which was launcent~ed on 15 May 19amp7 Both ~ Q vehicles were launched from Plesetsk by the SL-8 a 2-stage proshylrl

pulsion systelXHionB-isting ot the S~-5 IRBM and a restartlble uppemiddotr stage Ther-e were differe~ees _in the initial orbital parameters of the two vehicles but the dUfet~nce~ were not so great that the two spaeeshycr-ait could not have been middotexecuting t-he amparn-e -mission middot

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a Maneuverable Upper Stage Cosmos 185 which the- Soviets launched from Tyvratam at

about 02-ZOZ 27 October is believed to have been intended as a test opound the maneqverabilit in of an u er sta

An important difference- however between Cosmos 185 and Cosmoses 102 and 125 is tbat the poundormer was la1nched py an SS-9 ICBM the after by the SL-3 space launch system (SS-6 ICBM Lunik third stage and a new fourth stage) This is the first time thatshythe SS-9 has heen used to launch a spacecraft other than the r~-entry vehicles of the OB-1 orbitai bompardment system Thie launch may indica~te fthat the SS-9 w~ll ~ke ovet -ome of the tUliatioDs previoualy perfolmed by the SL-3 the WOlkliorse ol the-Soviet space program (NORAD) (613 CR E~

Inclination 74 degrees 74 degrees Period 95 bull 7 minutes 1003 minutes Apogee middot 6-oomiddotkrn (323 n m) 81 0 km middot(436 n bull ro ) Perigee 535 km (287 n m) 738 lan (396 nm)

It i$ po~Jdble ~h~t tPe lower orbitpoundor Cosmiddotmos 18middot9 was dictated by experience gained from t4e Cosmos 158 flight (NORA-D) tSiGltEtl)

15 sacraSwm M6middot7 3 NltgtV 1967

0Unmanned ootldrig of 2 Co~mQsesmiddot a Highly Sopnistteated Feat middot

- N($)D is ~ble o~ -middot-itJ oJrADlN~~~ lliltnO~$ 1$ ~nli middot TASSs claim that tWltP tmmahn ~~~et s pa~e--cjd

-1amp6 ~~rQ~d ~n filltlgttnatic docking hi -eace ltm J() Od-t~)ll~ hefor~ tlii $~comf )Ptltbull poundW6 ~bJ~l~s had c~~Jpound~ ts~e Qrbit_ RADXNT mshydica~s ~owevex~ tha~ tbEt middot Sbvi~t clainl c_d easily be buet since th~ two vahie1riwere ~~TmiddotY ~l9smiddote atgtt~pound middot ildiC~ted

rA$5 sai middotthat thedocking occurreE at )9ZOZ and tlla-t tJle two shipa sePamprated at 1Z5()Z whe~ th~ -e~~ JgtPf bullinto middot separC~~te Olbifs Rad~X trecking eon(~rms th~ tirli~ otmiddot imiddotepa~~ticm and hldic~tes that COsmoli ~86 was b-oosted Uto a slightly -bigh~r oroit~

middot Ace~p~sbtn~t Of al(l 1~)irnanned do~1dJlg6~loi~-fhe~ second vehlCle hard 6-0~let~a qne o~lJit w~d be a subat~ial t~c~cal f~t middot il would r~~FP ~Qlile~Oi tfpe see~~eraffinto elijg~~pf~cjf(e cp-planamp-1 GtlJiti this~ in t~-rn~ w~qcall fQr preciile timing OI he latmehbull A very sophililtic~~ed onc~9ard c~puter_ (~r c ltigt~pliterjiJ would be rmiddot(qlJi~e4 ~p procea~ middot~ata f~lm opbullltGar~oP-ti-cal or il~~jropound1( ir7camere and middot t~ direeto opegtratiocn ltif the ~ane~ver t rusteJbull

BOthcratt re launchedJrdm T-yura~m -- emiddot()smltB lf~ratJb~t QltJJOZ Zit October eoamomiddots 138 at about 0814Z 30 Qetober _ into prl5its w middot to~ia1 ~~inations opound ab~~~~ ~~greesmiddot~ J-e~~~e ()gttbited SL4 wqpulsion SmiddotY$tetn~ ~llieeh consiatS Gf tlie S$bull6 -4CBM an middot h~~vr -middot-vetLtk uppe-r stage~ middotmiddot

~ -c~tino~ 18-6 wailJdmiddote-()rbiteddurtirg 1ie e~rly padbullof Revoliiti~n ~ Mop 31 Oetobet- after atfoJ~ 4 daye in 9 ~- Cos-mo-s 1amp8 reaumably l arso will~~ a~~rcbited JJlt~i~y middot middot middot _ 0 middot Bo$i CLaft lrelle ol the sam~ typ~ ~~~middot Soyuz 1 in ~hich Coamona~t ~ Komarov ~~t his ~leath an middot24 ~~~lJ middotjnd~ by ~~dt~-eJ ill ~A~~ s-ignatur~s propulii(n syste~Ui~ I l middotamptid -orbital palashy mete1~middot TASS apound c9urse di ot fliy that they Ve~e of tbe sam~ type

inet~dumiddot tlie two ~Ja ~~~~ - ~u oosmos aesltlations ~ TAs reported docking ope-rationtends t~ sup_porl Western estilnAtes lfl that~~ 1 1s ~l~i~~ was t4) ct0ck Witb atl6ther v~hkli_ but the

apemiddotratioft wae oail~d off-when Soyuz 1 system~ _(h~- not function properly (The Ru~~all wold S-9~ middotmiddotmegt~ls u~phr~) middot middot

th~ CaJ5xft1)if 18618$ 6pe-utiont the~efor~ probably W$$ a efufe~Otlt o new~ bnPXvea systems ot componen~far- Soyuz-~~ amp~c-e~-rapoundt It mlght also b~a precursor of middotc~mmg Seyiet ma~li flisbtlf althoqh _ Mstiamplav Keldyamph Presid-eD ltgt middottlfe Soviet A~ade~ dfgtScie~u llas sait -~~ fll~Tbull~ lie no ~an~ed i~J~~ce ev~nts la~glttijrltet~lS tJf~middot 1 Nove01ber 1elebratibn~~ ~be ne11ct Sori~1 manned flights wampether theyen CliCCUl before or atampl 1Nov~ptber ~SU l~raquo~~baPJy involve Ci-fsectW tranampfe~ Tlie Q~ation

m ight inVolve -one Soyllz type craft and one very h~avy spacecraft1

launched hy the SL-12 PiOpullion syat-em (SL-9 plus at1 upper sta~e) Tlle SLmiddot9 lav~~~ th~ Jz z-Pltl-t~i~-ton Prot~ti ~y~oa4~middot NORAD) fSECa8 pound)

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