CIA • 1958
SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE DIGEST -- SOVIET UNION: SOVIETS CONCEAL LAUNCH POINT OF SATELLITES BY UNDERSTATING NUMBER OF SPUTNIK REVOLUTIONS AROUND EARTH
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.
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- Oct 4, 2017
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- Jul 14, 1958
- Case number
- F-1990-01132
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Document #
0000124244
Case #
F-1990-01132
Document Type
FOIA
Collection
Intelligence Warning of the 1957 Launch of Sputnik
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RIPPUB
Original Classification
U
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3 pages
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68.77 KB