COMPARATIVE ICBM ESTIMATES

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Keywords: DNI
• Collection: Lunik on Loan: A Space Age Spy Story
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06063880
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: October 10, 2019
• Document Release Date: October 17, 2019
• Publication Date: January 1, 1960

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COMPARATIVE ICBM ESTIMATES
DECEMBER 1958 JANUARY 1960
3.5(c)
3.3(h)(2)
IOC DATE
LAST YEAR; SOMETIME IN 1959 WITH PROTOTYPE MISSILES
THIS YEAR: BY 1 JAN. 1960 WITH SERIES PRODUCED MISSILES
NUMERICAL PROJECTIONS
MID-1960 MID-1961 MID -1962
LAST YEAR THIS YEAR LAST YEAR THIS YEAR I AST YFAR THIS YFAR
INVENTORY
ON LAUNCHER
MISSILE CHARACTERISTICS
RANGE PAYLOAD GUI DANCE CEP(RADIUS) RELIABILITY
LAST YEAR
THIS YEAR
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11/2 STAGE
POSTULATIONS OF LUNIK
LAUNCHING VEHICLE CONFIGURATIONS
PARALLEL STAGE
GROSS WEIGHT = 400,000-550,000 LBS.
THRUST=600,000 -800,000 LBS.
FIRST STAGE BURNING TIME 118 SECONDS
SECOND STAGE BURNING TIME=304 -310 SECONDS'
LAST STAGE GROSS WEIGHT=18,000 LBS.
1k STAGE
GROSS WEIGHT = 350,000-500,000 LBS.
THRUST = 500,000 -700,000 LBS.
FIRST STAGE BURNING TIME= 118 SECONDS
SECOND STAGE BURNING TIME = 304-310 SECONDS
LAST STAGE GROSS WEIGHT=18,000 LBS.
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