STATUS OF SOVIET RORSAT

Approved for Release: 2020/09/28 C06863660 5 DECEMBER 1977 STA1US OF SOVIET RORSAT As of 28 November, there has been no significant change in the Status of Cosmos 954, a radar ocean reconnaissance satellite (RORSAl)/ As previous RURSA s terminated their missions, a pertion of the veni,ip (which we believe contains the nuclear reactor) Wus boosted from an altitude of about 140 nm to about 500 nm. This prevents the nuclear materials from reentering the atmosphere for over 500 years, well in excess...