CANCELLATION OF THE DECEMBER KH-4 SATELLITE MISSION

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 25, 2004
• Sequence Number: 42
• Publication Date: November 25, 1966
• Content Type: MF

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UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD
MEMORANDUM FOR UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD
SUBJECT: Cancellation of the December KH-4 Satellite Mission
REFS: a. USIB-D-41.15/79 (COMOR-D-48/115) dated 16 Sep 66
b. USIB-D-41.14/229 (COMORD-13/43, dated 19 Mar 66
1. The attached memorandum on the subject from the Chairman,
Committee on Overhead Reconnaissance (COMOR), is submitted herewith
for consideration by the USIB of the recommendation in paragraph 5
thereof.
USIB Action Requested:
2. It is requested that USIB Members advise the Secretariat not
later than close of business on Wednesday, 30 November, of their
concurrence or other views with respect to the COMOR recommendation
in the attached report.
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MEMORANDUM FOR:
United States Intelligence Board
Cancellation of the December
KH-4 Satellite Mission
REFERENCES: a. USIB-D-41. 15/79 (COMDR-D-48/115)
b. USIB-D-41. 14/229 (COMDR-D-13/43)
1. COMOR has considered the question of the need for a
KH-4 mission in December and has concluded that there- are no
urgent outstanding intelligence problems which require flying a low
resolution search mission prior to the first of the year.
2. COMOR also reviewed the status of the General Search
requirements specified in reference a as follows:
a. Against the requirement to obtain
stereoscopic cloud free photography of 80-90 per
cent of the built-up areas of the Soviet bloc and
Communist China each six months, missions since
August 1966 have provided coverage of 75. 2 per
cent of this area with the second part of Mission 1037
not yet tabulated; and
b. Against the requirement to obtain
stereoscopic cloud free photography of approximately
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75 per cent of the undeveloped areas of the Soviet
bloc and Communist China annually, missions flown
since January 1966 have provided coverage of
77. 5 per cent with the second part of 1037 not yet
tabulated.
Thus the annual requirement has already been met even without coverage
obtained by the second part of Mission 1037, and the semiannual
requirement appears likely to be fulfilled upon obtaining final results on
Mission 1037.
3. COMOR recognizes that when KH-4 missions are canceled,
these actions result in delaying receipt of mapping and charting coverage
as specified by USIB in reference b. Deficiency in fulfilling this require-
ment, however, is not considered to be sufficiently important as to warrant
launch of a KH-4 mission at a time when other requirements are satisfied.
4, Conclusions. In view of the above findings, it is concluded
that the KH-4 mission presently planned for launch on 6 December should
be canceled.
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