SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE DIGEST -- SOVIET UNION: SOVIETS CONCEAL LAUNCH POINT OF SATELLITES BY UNDERSTATING NUMBER OF SPUTNIK REVOLUTIONS AROUND EARTH

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July 14, 1958
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SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE DIGEST CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 14 July 1958 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Bern SOVIET UNION 2 Soviets Conce.1 Launch Point of Satellites by Understating Number of-Sputnik Revolutions Around Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 14 July 58 Number of Earth Revolutions Time (Z) Soviet Report Actual Sputnik 1 b October 1957 0900 22 23 Sputnik II 3 November 1957 1500 6 7 Sputnik III 15 May 1957 1700