CIA • 1977
COSMOS 954 ORBIT CONTINUES TO DECAY
Approved for Release: 2020/09/28 C06863658 -fop�fwassa 18 NOVEMBER 1977 COSMOS 954 ORBIT CONTINUES TO DECAY Cosmos 954, a radar ocean reconnaissance RORSAT has annparent satellite malfunction, If e Soviets are unable to boost the satellite's nuclear power supply into the usual 500-run orbit, it appears that the spacecraft will reenter in the first quarter of 1978. In the event of an attitude control system malfunction, the satellite might decay in late December or January. These judgments refine...
U
Declassified
Timeline
- Created
- Mar 9, 2023
- Released
- Sep 30, 2020
- Publication
- Nov 18, 1977
- Case number
- F-2019-01181
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Metadata
Document #
06863658
Case #
F-2019-01181
Document Type
FOIA
Collection
FOIA Collection
Release Decision
RIPPUB
Original Classification
U
Sequence
—
Pages
2 pages
File Size
36.69 KB