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DECLASSIFIED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE INTERAGENCY SECURITY CLASSIFICATION APPEALS PANEL E013526 SECTION 53(b)(3)
ISCAP APPEAL NO 2009-068 document no 238 DECLASSIFICATION DATE May 142015
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6 Feb 70 NITAP~E 7d-456
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bullIssue No 670 6J -ebrupry 1910
The WIR in Brief
Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal
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Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal
Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal
COVI1R middot B~ty Qj~~A~P middot (TOrngt CQMIGED]iFQR) OFF1CbL tJ~middotoNixy middot
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Recsat Cosmos 322 0eorbit ed (g middot
Cosmos 322 the Sovipts s -~cond milita1ry recsat 1aQnched th i s ye ar was deor bit~d on Revolution 125 on 29 January afier middota flight of n e ady 8 days _Impqct is estimated to have o~-cur middotr eci -~t about 0647Z at c qordin ~te s 5030N-571SE or ab(jtat 15 n m north Of Aktyubinsk (NOR AD) (alCRET)
SL-X Said to be larg~r than Saturn V May Be nf Adiartcefl Plug~Nozzle middot Des(gn
he USS~ has l lolmiddotoughlY imrestltigflted advancmiddoted plug-noz~le rocket qes ign ac qordtng to a lltey = e-ngi~ee r- of the Sciviet spac= ~ and m i ssile p rogr ams
A pr ln1 e lotemiddotntial user of thts cleltSign ismiddot tlhe Sqiets SL- X Western d~signatieh) I ~ o$ip4l~e boaster whi~ Wollld deNelOF 1214 million pounds of thrust-- alrnost twic-e lh-emiddot 7 5 mUlion pounds opound th e $middotaturn middotv which launchshye s the Apollo rnopncraft
In- plug-nq-zle des~ign) middot mamiddotny sm middotall englnes ar e~ arr~nmiddotged in a ring amiddotoutcl - ~ - $hapJd perxtrql pipg whii1 PrQJecmiddotts becyQtitli the r0cket nozizle-s (middotdrawshyiilg on pmiddot- 31) The sbulllape kl-qd iq~ atiltr oft4e piug CJJuse it ( o exert a nmiddotazzie eHect for all the engines augmenting over-aUthrusl
The Soviet engineer hi dis~ussin-g a sketch of a plu g nozzle ind ishycated that the plu~ biLS a r()unamped basemiddot and th~t propellant tankagemiddot extends into the plug tlheleby ~ncamiddoteasiug middotprop~lgtLant capac1ty s middotlightly
He earlier offered the concmiddotept of coaxial or concentric tanka_ge as a meamiddotns of r e duCing beil-off 1f of eryoget~ic propellant s iu whic h one pro-shyp e_llant t~nk is sumiddotNmiddotoundecl by anothifr ~r sharing J1 COUln~-On waU 0+-iipat~l)y the pr()p_ellant t~nks le anqpgep in tandem Ctgt-nc~ntric tankage vould s ~rn Plify prop~llant l~i piag to th~ ~manr small engines opound a plug~mozzl~ d ~ sign and facilltate redist~ibution of pr~ o~ellanls to working 0 1 throttled
-1middotshy
WIR 670 6 Feb70 SEGRlT
r middot plf~~l~tPlt the -ise o7 e iu~ f middotemiddotlllttgtl~~rltatU1~middotce sp
f~ middoti+shy
tboturand dlogrees a~cl~ng rocket exhaust recircudation (which 1auses wa~ not a ptiqle~ if te engiJ~e W~iii am~U telanon td the base middot middot pe)liigte1k ~- ~Rllieh w-dt1lkt be the casec torr thl plug-n01zle qe~J~ middot ~I
rt th(1 OPVl(ikS have aampopted a p$Usect--tiif~ZJe Cresi-gen fOt I smiddot~~~ 1hipoundy presumably believe -- a nd may hav~ e~ermiddotim~ntatlymiddot confirtwrad -- that middottbey have a workable dersigt) The Soviet en~)A~~licls~ ~htnments JndiCmiddotate least ~lla~ thi~ design ~as been gi~en setioUsA~onsiqerltf~~~ ~19 B~o~e rmnght 111to ponnble Sov1et des middot~n ~oltIt loa~ CDIA) tSECIleT)
SL-7taunch Gtt~mpt from Plesat~kJaHs~
middot A $~middot~fit at~emiddotmpt tgtalaUn9h p systertr th~ Sovieiis~1 1Stfrall~-st) at the s ec-ltgtnd stagS ~ppat ~ntclyln~ili~
middotmiddot Three smalfCostno ~ smiddot tl1is ille9~ ~i~h th~ ~ - ~ middott (190JrAD) (SEGRETl
bull
bullIssue No 670 6J -ebrupry 1910
The WIR in Brief
Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal
RECSAT COSMO$ ~~Z OEOJltITp~ Nnzmal mi~ aio 11 o( nearly S dayr ilWPmiddot
sL-x sgtm r o apound LARGER rrHAIl sAruRN middotv bull MAY B E Of AOVANCEe tJUG ~ NOZZ~E DtSlGN -tBr
Th is 4cs ign sui t abtv ~or 1a-liu ~o~ket with ~ewe r-aJ 81l1~U ~~~1jllS 1qraWild fl bullifi11~
$Lmiddot 7 l JAUNCH AnlEMtgtT Fll~M ltiESETSIlt fAJL$J8r
Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal
Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal
COVI1R middot B~ty Qj~~A~P middot (TOrngt CQMIGED]iFQR) OFF1CbL tJ~middotoNixy middot
NOT E Pag-~middot 2 4 ~8 Zf 3~ 33- 36middotmiddot 3 7 t1d 40 cHi ottliiai i uue air blllllk middot ~ middot
QR OEflClAl U EONLY
10
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significant
intelligence
on space
developments
and trends
Recsat Cosmos 322 0eorbit ed (g middot
Cosmos 322 the Sovipts s -~cond milita1ry recsat 1aQnched th i s ye ar was deor bit~d on Revolution 125 on 29 January afier middota flight of n e ady 8 days _Impqct is estimated to have o~-cur middotr eci -~t about 0647Z at c qordin ~te s 5030N-571SE or ab(jtat 15 n m north Of Aktyubinsk (NOR AD) (alCRET)
SL-X Said to be larg~r than Saturn V May Be nf Adiartcefl Plug~Nozzle middot Des(gn
he USS~ has l lolmiddotoughlY imrestltigflted advancmiddoted plug-noz~le rocket qes ign ac qordtng to a lltey = e-ngi~ee r- of the Sciviet spac= ~ and m i ssile p rogr ams
A pr ln1 e lotemiddotntial user of thts cleltSign ismiddot tlhe Sqiets SL- X Western d~signatieh) I ~ o$ip4l~e boaster whi~ Wollld deNelOF 1214 million pounds of thrust-- alrnost twic-e lh-emiddot 7 5 mUlion pounds opound th e $middotaturn middotv which launchshye s the Apollo rnopncraft
In- plug-nq-zle des~ign) middot mamiddotny sm middotall englnes ar e~ arr~nmiddotged in a ring amiddotoutcl - ~ - $hapJd perxtrql pipg whii1 PrQJecmiddotts becyQtitli the r0cket nozizle-s (middotdrawshyiilg on pmiddot- 31) The sbulllape kl-qd iq~ atiltr oft4e piug CJJuse it ( o exert a nmiddotazzie eHect for all the engines augmenting over-aUthrusl
The Soviet engineer hi dis~ussin-g a sketch of a plu g nozzle ind ishycated that the plu~ biLS a r()unamped basemiddot and th~t propellant tankagemiddot extends into the plug tlheleby ~ncamiddoteasiug middotprop~lgtLant capac1ty s middotlightly
He earlier offered the concmiddotept of coaxial or concentric tanka_ge as a meamiddotns of r e duCing beil-off 1f of eryoget~ic propellant s iu whic h one pro-shyp e_llant t~nk is sumiddotNmiddotoundecl by anothifr ~r sharing J1 COUln~-On waU 0+-iipat~l)y the pr()p_ellant t~nks le anqpgep in tandem Ctgt-nc~ntric tankage vould s ~rn Plify prop~llant l~i piag to th~ ~manr small engines opound a plug~mozzl~ d ~ sign and facilltate redist~ibution of pr~ o~ellanls to working 0 1 throttled
-1middotshy
WIR 670 6 Feb70 SEGRlT
r middot plf~~l~tPlt the -ise o7 e iu~ f middotemiddotlllttgtl~~rltatU1~middotce sp
f~ middoti+shy
tboturand dlogrees a~cl~ng rocket exhaust recircudation (which 1auses wa~ not a ptiqle~ if te engiJ~e W~iii am~U telanon td the base middot middot pe)liigte1k ~- ~Rllieh w-dt1lkt be the casec torr thl plug-n01zle qe~J~ middot ~I
rt th(1 OPVl(ikS have aampopted a p$Usect--tiif~ZJe Cresi-gen fOt I smiddot~~~ 1hipoundy presumably believe -- a nd may hav~ e~ermiddotim~ntatlymiddot confirtwrad -- that middottbey have a workable dersigt) The Soviet en~)A~~licls~ ~htnments JndiCmiddotate least ~lla~ thi~ design ~as been gi~en setioUsA~onsiqerltf~~~ ~19 B~o~e rmnght 111to ponnble Sov1et des middot~n ~oltIt loa~ CDIA) tSECIleT)
SL-7taunch Gtt~mpt from Plesat~kJaHs~
middot A $~middot~fit at~emiddotmpt tgtalaUn9h p systertr th~ Sovieiis~1 1Stfrall~-st) at the s ec-ltgtnd stagS ~ppat ~ntclyln~ili~
middotmiddot Three smalfCostno ~ smiddot tl1is ille9~ ~i~h th~ ~ - ~ middott (190JrAD) (SEGRETl
~ SECRET
significant
intelligence
on space
developments
and trends
Recsat Cosmos 322 0eorbit ed (g middot
Cosmos 322 the Sovipts s -~cond milita1ry recsat 1aQnched th i s ye ar was deor bit~d on Revolution 125 on 29 January afier middota flight of n e ady 8 days _Impqct is estimated to have o~-cur middotr eci -~t about 0647Z at c qordin ~te s 5030N-571SE or ab(jtat 15 n m north Of Aktyubinsk (NOR AD) (alCRET)
SL-X Said to be larg~r than Saturn V May Be nf Adiartcefl Plug~Nozzle middot Des(gn
he USS~ has l lolmiddotoughlY imrestltigflted advancmiddoted plug-noz~le rocket qes ign ac qordtng to a lltey = e-ngi~ee r- of the Sciviet spac= ~ and m i ssile p rogr ams
A pr ln1 e lotemiddotntial user of thts cleltSign ismiddot tlhe Sqiets SL- X Western d~signatieh) I ~ o$ip4l~e boaster whi~ Wollld deNelOF 1214 million pounds of thrust-- alrnost twic-e lh-emiddot 7 5 mUlion pounds opound th e $middotaturn middotv which launchshye s the Apollo rnopncraft
In- plug-nq-zle des~ign) middot mamiddotny sm middotall englnes ar e~ arr~nmiddotged in a ring amiddotoutcl - ~ - $hapJd perxtrql pipg whii1 PrQJecmiddotts becyQtitli the r0cket nozizle-s (middotdrawshyiilg on pmiddot- 31) The sbulllape kl-qd iq~ atiltr oft4e piug CJJuse it ( o exert a nmiddotazzie eHect for all the engines augmenting over-aUthrusl
The Soviet engineer hi dis~ussin-g a sketch of a plu g nozzle ind ishycated that the plu~ biLS a r()unamped basemiddot and th~t propellant tankagemiddot extends into the plug tlheleby ~ncamiddoteasiug middotprop~lgtLant capac1ty s middotlightly
He earlier offered the concmiddotept of coaxial or concentric tanka_ge as a meamiddotns of r e duCing beil-off 1f of eryoget~ic propellant s iu whic h one pro-shyp e_llant t~nk is sumiddotNmiddotoundecl by anothifr ~r sharing J1 COUln~-On waU 0+-iipat~l)y the pr()p_ellant t~nks le anqpgep in tandem Ctgt-nc~ntric tankage vould s ~rn Plify prop~llant l~i piag to th~ ~manr small engines opound a plug~mozzl~ d ~ sign and facilltate redist~ibution of pr~ o~ellanls to working 0 1 throttled
-1middotshy
WIR 670 6 Feb70 SEGRlT
r middot plf~~l~tPlt the -ise o7 e iu~ f middotemiddotlllttgtl~~rltatU1~middotce sp
f~ middoti+shy
tboturand dlogrees a~cl~ng rocket exhaust recircudation (which 1auses wa~ not a ptiqle~ if te engiJ~e W~iii am~U telanon td the base middot middot pe)liigte1k ~- ~Rllieh w-dt1lkt be the casec torr thl plug-n01zle qe~J~ middot ~I
rt th(1 OPVl(ikS have aampopted a p$Usect--tiif~ZJe Cresi-gen fOt I smiddot~~~ 1hipoundy presumably believe -- a nd may hav~ e~ermiddotim~ntatlymiddot confirtwrad -- that middottbey have a workable dersigt) The Soviet en~)A~~licls~ ~htnments JndiCmiddotate least ~lla~ thi~ design ~as been gi~en setioUsA~onsiqerltf~~~ ~19 B~o~e rmnght 111to ponnble Sov1et des middot~n ~oltIt loa~ CDIA) tSECIleT)
SL-7taunch Gtt~mpt from Plesat~kJaHs~
middot A $~middot~fit at~emiddotmpt tgtalaUn9h p systertr th~ Sovieiis~1 1Stfrall~-st) at the s ec-ltgtnd stagS ~ppat ~ntclyln~ili~
middotmiddot Three smalfCostno ~ smiddot tl1is ille9~ ~i~h th~ ~ - ~ middott (190JrAD) (SEGRETl
r middot plf~~l~tPlt the -ise o7 e iu~ f middotemiddotlllttgtl~~rltatU1~middotce sp
f~ middoti+shy
tboturand dlogrees a~cl~ng rocket exhaust recircudation (which 1auses wa~ not a ptiqle~ if te engiJ~e W~iii am~U telanon td the base middot middot pe)liigte1k ~- ~Rllieh w-dt1lkt be the casec torr thl plug-n01zle qe~J~ middot ~I
rt th(1 OPVl(ikS have aampopted a p$Usect--tiif~ZJe Cresi-gen fOt I smiddot~~~ 1hipoundy presumably believe -- a nd may hav~ e~ermiddotim~ntatlymiddot confirtwrad -- that middottbey have a workable dersigt) The Soviet en~)A~~licls~ ~htnments JndiCmiddotate least ~lla~ thi~ design ~as been gi~en setioUsA~onsiqerltf~~~ ~19 B~o~e rmnght 111to ponnble Sov1et des middot~n ~oltIt loa~ CDIA) tSECIleT)
SL-7taunch Gtt~mpt from Plesat~kJaHs~
middot A $~middot~fit at~emiddotmpt tgtalaUn9h p systertr th~ Sovieiis~1 1Stfrall~-st) at the s ec-ltgtnd stagS ~ppat ~ntclyln~ili~
middotmiddot Three smalfCostno ~ smiddot tl1is ille9~ ~i~h th~ ~ - ~ middott (190JrAD) (SEGRETl
