DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT - 11 OCTOBER 1963

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP63-00313A000500140031-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 29, 2004
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: October 11, 1963
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy L irectf: r (Science and Technology)
SUBJECT : Daily Activity Report - 11 October 1963
a. IDEALIST - The detachments I I and
Edwards Air Force Base. California are presently on standby.
Mission #3231 be an its mission
yesterday and arrived back today with an estimated
50% coverage. This low coverage was due to bad weather.
b. BRASS KNOB - Three SAC U-Z missiouswere flown yesterday.
Mission #3743 was flown with an estimated 40?% target coverage and no
reactions.
Mission #3744 was flown with an estimated
40'19 target coverage with
no reactions.
Mission #3745 was flown with an estimated 809 target coverage an
reactions.
c. SATELLITES - CORONA/J Mission #1002_2 is still inoperative.
OXCART Flights, 10 October 1963:
a. Aircraft #122 made, flight #28 for a duration of 1:23 hours.
Purpose: Heat soak and inlet roughness investigation. Maximum Mach
was 2.35 and maximum altitude was 7Z. 000 feet. Malfunction of the right
hand spike control caused aircraft yawing and shaking. Condition ceased when
spike control was placed in manual.
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b. Aircraft #122 made flight #29 for a duration of 57 minutes.
: Performance investigation in transonic speed range.
c. Aircraft #124 made flight #152 for a duration of 1:49 hours.
Purpose: Air refueling and training mission.
d. Aircraft #124 made flight #153 for a duration of 1:48 hours.
Purpose: Night air refueling.
e. Aircraft #129 made flight #2 for a duration of 56 minutes.
Purpose: Second production card flight. Maximum Mach number was
2.37 and maximum altitude was 71. 000 feet. No roughness.
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as of 1700 hours, 10 October 1963:
a. Aircraft #121: Undergoing additional inlet modifications.
b. Aircraft #125: Right hand spike chazge completed. UHF
e being investigated.
c. Aircraft #126: Modifications completed. Scheduled for flight
on 11 October 1963.
d. Aircraft #127 and #128: Awaiting fins.
e. Aircraft #130: Reassembly.
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