SOVIET EARTH SATELLITE AND ROCKET DEVELOPMENTS

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0000124268
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2
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September 22, 2017
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October 4, 2017
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SC-2017-00012
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September 30, 1957
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epti..araeid fto.i.:AeLasei:124117/a760&12A")R8 e:iiCE AGENCY TELETYPED INFORMATION REPORT Thu cos Wins information *Hooting this Notional Woos* of tit* United Stows within tilts austaning of tho &Omar. Lows, Tido U.S.C. Ss= 723 end 74, lb.txtnemission Zsprolotitma of which SS, sury monnot to an unouthodood person Is psohibited by law. STATE, ARMY, NAVY, AIR, JCS, SECDEP, FBI TO: NSA ?On, car, OSI? ORB, OCR, AEC, DWI CLASSIFICATION DISSEMINATION CONTROLS OATS OISTR. couNTR, USSR SUOJt Cl' SOVI_ET EARTH SATELLITE AND ROCKET DEVELOPMENTS 30 SUMMER 1957 pnaccoaNcc 111 ReitTiNS FA17-??PiAl?AL OP CONTSW1 3 SFI171?ERINCSII .E0 13526 3.3(b)(1)>25Yrs FROM SOVIET DELEGATES TO THE WASHINGTON EARTH SATELLITE C ONFERENCE. 1. ACADEMICIAN LET. GENJ ANATOLIY A. BIAGONRAVOV IS APPARENTLY IN CHARGE OF THE SOVIET EARTH SATELLITE PROGRAM FOR THE SOVIET NATIONAL IN GE-MUSICAL YEAR (EGY) COMMITTER. WN QUERIED CONCERNING WHETHER CR Nar THERE VAS A DIVISION OF FESIOFiki3?/LITY trrATEEx tHrtarrin staipitTrANDAIrp:w.scpw-vJEarccw-43,1444.s.,-z-;,-7 ?..,_ EXISTS IN THE UNITED STATES' PROGRAM, AND WHETHER CR NOT THE SOVIET - - WAS IN CHARGE OF THE ACTUAL LAUNCHING, ONE OF THE DELEGATES REFL.= IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. HE STATED THAT THIS DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITY EXISTS. 2. ACCORDING TO BIAGONRAVOV, NONE OF THE Ravin DELEGATES GOING TO THE WASHINGTOt CCrIFEMCE HAS ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE SOVIET LAUNCHING VEHICLE. HE STATED THAT THE LAUNC1UNG WCULD BE CARRIED OUT "BY ANOTHER GROUP", AND THAT BE DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO TILE PLANS OF THIS GRCUP. BLAGONRAVOV STATED THAT THE SOVIETS WILL NOT USE TEE 108-MMACYCLE BEACON, BUT WILL USE 20 AND 40 MEGACYCIE FREQWECD,Z nom!) - ? _ SERGEY M. POLOSKOV CLAIMS ThBOIlITEsmu CONSTRUCTION DETAILS WILL NOT BE DISCUSSED IN WASHINGTON 13ECAUSE THE SATELLITE Approved for Release: 2017/09/07 CO0124268 rat. A tin cir d Approved for Release: 2017/09/07 cool 24268 04.11?ZIMINA11014 GONTNOLIII 30 SE21120MR 1957 IS STILL UNDERGOING TESTS. COMMETT: POLOSKOV GAVE TEEDISTINCT IMPRESSION ? THAT HE WAS UNDER INSTRUCTIONS NOT TO DISCUSS THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SATELLITE, BUT HE IS PROBABLY ENTIRELY FAMILIAR WITH THE DES/G?7 WHEN 4UERIED, ABOUT THE : INTERNAL TEMPERATURE PROBLEM, POLOSKOV STATED THAT HE IS NCT PREPARED TO DISCUSS IT, AS "IT IS STILL BEING TESTED". 3. ONE OF THE SOVIET DELEGATES STATED THAT THE SOVMS HAD SUCCEEDED IN FIRING ROCKETS TO AN Alm= OF ONLY 100 KILOMETERS PRIOR TC THE IGY, BUT THAT itit.f HAVE NOW SUCutpLy IN SUCCESSFUL FIRINGS WITH SCTENITFIC INSTRUMENTS TO ' ALTITUDES ABOVE 200 KLLOMETERS. INFORMANT SAID THAT THE RESULTS OF THESE FIRINGS HAD NOT YET BEEN ASSESSED. FIELD DISTRIBUTION: NONE. (END OF MESSAGE) Approved for Release: 2017/09/07 CO0124268