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Under construction since F-ebruary 1 9651 the installation lilhould be cotlile- opetatiqnal i_n th~ very near future Its inttltodUction into ope tmiddotatianal u ~e will probably be signaled bymiddot the use of hi ghe1middot-freque ncy t~ansmissions by Soviet luna r probes seve ral of which might be launched in coming months (CIA) (SECREi NO FOREIGN DISSEMINA TON -- Releasable to US UK amp Ca-nada)
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Reece Satellite Cosmos 128 De-orbited Routinmiddotely
C osm-os 1 28~ the Sovie t s 15th mnitaly r e-c~nnais s ance satellite of 1966 was de - o rbited middoton 4 Septembe-r 1 nearly 8 days after launch on R evoshyhltion ( 26 Impact pr obably occurred in tQe USSR at about 0707Z~See p-c~gcent 40 ) (N01AD) (SECRET ~0 FORElGN D ISSElVUNA T ION Re l eas abl e t o US UK amp Canada) ~ -
middotSovfets US Ktldatrfil mmiddotfor middot High Quality SLJn Phtitds
T h e Sovmiddotiets annollnced at the Vienna CO$ P AR (the i nternational C omtni t tee onSpaoe Resea rch ) meehng th~tJhey had SlC C~ecled in obtaining high ~ uality solar specjra and spect~one tiog+ImS i n tlie u ltravilet and nea~~
X -ray region oi the spectrum during high- altitude roCket fil)ngs A p rim ary r eason f or the hlgh qu ality opound t ne regts14t s w as the- Soviet
use of ~ spfitro_scopic Photogra-ph~e filrn sc -s~ mad~ bQ KOdak-Pathe a F renc h subs idiary of Eastman Kooak The film was develop ed in the us Kodak i s the only o r ganization t h a t prmiddotociucmiddote s tllis fin e - grain high -speed Schumann emuision fi lrri
The ~ilm i s a ~riti~al component ncit otily fo r future space researc~ middot but for bas i c spectroscopic inves t igation of highl y excited a t omiddotmS found in l~bo ratory plas mlti-S The faltt that it s r e adily availaQle tlir middotough the Frenen contribute s significantly t o the Soviets c ompeii ive pos iteion Vi$ a-vis the US in both s pace -research and basic laboilaterry s_peCtmiddot~ osc~epy plusmnitimiddott be shotlt
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The Soviets reportedly have ordered l 0 Askania photograph~c theodolites from thee Geodetic Institute Frankfurt West Germany and it appears that the ti-ansaction will be consumtriated The instrwnents a middotre beiqg modified to track satellites for geodetic purposes Purchase of this e quipznent suggests that the Soviets plan to strengthen their optical-tracking program for geodetic purposes a program Which will in turn strengthen the Soviet potential for determining ICBMtrajectoly parameters The Soviets 1 only announced geodetic middotsatellite -program has been ba$ed on trackshying of the VS 1 s Echo-series satellites (CIA) (8ECHET
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algnificant
intelligence
on space
devel0$)mampntamp
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i l I I I
New Telemetry Disb Will Improve Soviet Space Gommunicatibns
A lar ge tcelernetry dish 11earirxg ~~oru pletiQtt at Simieltropol on tne Crtshymean Peninsulamiddot should irnprltlve Soviet s~ace communications Jt will probally be us eel with Soviet luDar probe~ and later possibly wiplusmnh the man shy
~ ned space program The meamring com~lex at Simfer o pol has in middotthe p a st trac ked Soviet lun-ar prob~esj ~ I
) I I The new antenna ofin1proved design w-~11 t)t ()bably opt=rr ate at a 0 highe1middot f r equency wbich will per m it handliJlg of highaxmiddot qmiddotuality TV middotand faster d ata transmis sions
The di~h - which is 90-100 feet across is roount~d on a steel rotation rin g middotwith a counterw~ight center secti0n 1gtittin-g atop a 40- foot hmiddotigh c~ncrete octagonal h fil se Th~ eiectronie gear i~ housed inthe ccmc r e te base of the structure while the facilities for mechanically manipulating the dish are mounted on a ~lattqrrrt below the dish The antenna -appears capable of t racking 5~90 degree$ in elevation -~d 360 deg ree s- in a~m~uth
Under construction since F-ebruary 1 9651 the installation lilhould be cotlile- opetatiqnal i_n th~ very near future Its inttltodUction into ope tmiddotatianal u ~e will probably be signaled bymiddot the use of hi ghe1middot-freque ncy t~ansmissions by Soviet luna r probes seve ral of which might be launched in coming months (CIA) (SECREi NO FOREIGN DISSEMINA TON -- Releasable to US UK amp Ca-nada)
Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal
- 9shy
WIR 36 66 9 Sep 66 SlCREr I
w-~middotmiddot ti I-SiiiJCe~Q~Pmiddote~~--7-----~------------------- a
Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal
Reece Satellite Cosmos 128 De-orbited Routinmiddotely
C osm-os 1 28~ the Sovie t s 15th mnitaly r e-c~nnais s ance satellite of 1966 was de - o rbited middoton 4 Septembe-r 1 nearly 8 days after launch on R evoshyhltion ( 26 Impact pr obably occurred in tQe USSR at about 0707Z~See p-c~gcent 40 ) (N01AD) (SECRET ~0 FORElGN D ISSElVUNA T ION Re l eas abl e t o US UK amp Canada) ~ -
middotSovfets US Ktldatrfil mmiddotfor middot High Quality SLJn Phtitds
T h e Sovmiddotiets annollnced at the Vienna CO$ P AR (the i nternational C omtni t tee onSpaoe Resea rch ) meehng th~tJhey had SlC C~ecled in obtaining high ~ uality solar specjra and spect~one tiog+ImS i n tlie u ltravilet and nea~~
X -ray region oi the spectrum during high- altitude roCket fil)ngs A p rim ary r eason f or the hlgh qu ality opound t ne regts14t s w as the- Soviet
use of ~ spfitro_scopic Photogra-ph~e filrn sc -s~ mad~ bQ KOdak-Pathe a F renc h subs idiary of Eastman Kooak The film was develop ed in the us Kodak i s the only o r ganization t h a t prmiddotociucmiddote s tllis fin e - grain high -speed Schumann emuision fi lrri
The ~ilm i s a ~riti~al component ncit otily fo r future space researc~ middot but for bas i c spectroscopic inves t igation of highl y excited a t omiddotmS found in l~bo ratory plas mlti-S The faltt that it s r e adily availaQle tlir middotough the Frenen contribute s significantly t o the Soviets c ompeii ive pos iteion Vi$ a-vis the US in both s pace -research and basic laboilaterry s_peCtmiddot~ osc~epy plusmnitimiddott be shotlt
middot wave length reg ions middot (C JA (G ONriDENflA L)
~ 0
secret
West German Satellite-Tracking ~ameras Wilt Help Soviets Determine ICBM Trajeetories
The Soviets reportedly have ordered l 0 Askania photograph~c theodolites from thee Geodetic Institute Frankfurt West Germany and it appears that the ti-ansaction will be consumtriated The instrwnents a middotre beiqg modified to track satellites for geodetic purposes Purchase of this e quipznent suggests that the Soviets plan to strengthen their optical-tracking program for geodetic purposes a program Which will in turn strengthen the Soviet potential for determining ICBMtrajectoly parameters The Soviets 1 only announced geodetic middotsatellite -program has been ba$ed on trackshying of the VS 1 s Echo-series satellites (CIA) (8ECHET
bull I
ll ~ ----------------------------WIR 3666 9 Sep 66
bullbull Soviet Military Reconnaissance Satellites SECRET middot f~ (most of the recoverable Cosmoses)
WIR ~66 6 9 Sep 66
JAN MAR APR MAY JUNshy AUC
I---____I-----1I II I I middot
SEP ocr NOV DEC
1962
I IIIII 1963
~cent~middottt tltitu tkttr c~J trtttolaquotoa ~ h rh ( 11~~e~o ThVt~ -Ugtd allo-v~ bti1i~j ib ~J Ult~r~lW nitny 7 ~lt middot ~ vbullhk l
Al lo ~ r t bulllliablr en ~01tlttCC 4 ~ bull l ~tm~lumiddot w~tclt llll-tbullO ~~ t ll4 l ~l~~t~ gt P~~~
O)OJ f Yltlte 1t~o -hl lhlflloi U~ laquoJbullyUbl ff - h en pl-)middotmiddot
fC~gtadq ~tt14 elcDfl~l t rr rJt t h (a 1 lJ~ rii-ltti 1 Ferrmiddotlg lto wr ~ t ~1-Ah~ly ~~ ~ middot 1 Paoyh~dt AItbulltt ttablr ~middot ~ lh ~~Uz~ncc tf th1bull
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~ fn y JOltbullllaquo ltXL lt~ lltl r ) fbullut ltgtlt V) dbullbull -fll4 gt1(gtwIC 11111 ~ vr ry
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1965
1966
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Ail middotbullbulld 1Aur d1Ml lgty )S~ JClgt P~yl~ w-liJ 1 un~e tu ~(1lmiddotj ~ 1100 lbtt
SECRET
algnificant
intelligence
on space
devel0$)mampntamp
and trendamp
i l I I I
New Telemetry Disb Will Improve Soviet Space Gommunicatibns
A lar ge tcelernetry dish 11earirxg ~~oru pletiQtt at Simieltropol on tne Crtshymean Peninsulamiddot should irnprltlve Soviet s~ace communications Jt will probally be us eel with Soviet luDar probe~ and later possibly wiplusmnh the man shy
~ ned space program The meamring com~lex at Simfer o pol has in middotthe p a st trac ked Soviet lun-ar prob~esj ~ I
) I I The new antenna ofin1proved design w-~11 t)t ()bably opt=rr ate at a 0 highe1middot f r equency wbich will per m it handliJlg of highaxmiddot qmiddotuality TV middotand faster d ata transmis sions
The di~h - which is 90-100 feet across is roount~d on a steel rotation rin g middotwith a counterw~ight center secti0n 1gtittin-g atop a 40- foot hmiddotigh c~ncrete octagonal h fil se Th~ eiectronie gear i~ housed inthe ccmc r e te base of the structure while the facilities for mechanically manipulating the dish are mounted on a ~lattqrrrt below the dish The antenna -appears capable of t racking 5~90 degree$ in elevation -~d 360 deg ree s- in a~m~uth
Under construction since F-ebruary 1 9651 the installation lilhould be cotlile- opetatiqnal i_n th~ very near future Its inttltodUction into ope tmiddotatianal u ~e will probably be signaled bymiddot the use of hi ghe1middot-freque ncy t~ansmissions by Soviet luna r probes seve ral of which might be launched in coming months (CIA) (SECREi NO FOREIGN DISSEMINA TON -- Releasable to US UK amp Ca-nada)
Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal
- 9shy
WIR 36 66 9 Sep 66 SlCREr I
w-~middotmiddot ti I-SiiiJCe~Q~Pmiddote~~--7-----~------------------- a
Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal
Reece Satellite Cosmos 128 De-orbited Routinmiddotely
C osm-os 1 28~ the Sovie t s 15th mnitaly r e-c~nnais s ance satellite of 1966 was de - o rbited middoton 4 Septembe-r 1 nearly 8 days after launch on R evoshyhltion ( 26 Impact pr obably occurred in tQe USSR at about 0707Z~See p-c~gcent 40 ) (N01AD) (SECRET ~0 FORElGN D ISSElVUNA T ION Re l eas abl e t o US UK amp Canada) ~ -
middotSovfets US Ktldatrfil mmiddotfor middot High Quality SLJn Phtitds
T h e Sovmiddotiets annollnced at the Vienna CO$ P AR (the i nternational C omtni t tee onSpaoe Resea rch ) meehng th~tJhey had SlC C~ecled in obtaining high ~ uality solar specjra and spect~one tiog+ImS i n tlie u ltravilet and nea~~
X -ray region oi the spectrum during high- altitude roCket fil)ngs A p rim ary r eason f or the hlgh qu ality opound t ne regts14t s w as the- Soviet
use of ~ spfitro_scopic Photogra-ph~e filrn sc -s~ mad~ bQ KOdak-Pathe a F renc h subs idiary of Eastman Kooak The film was develop ed in the us Kodak i s the only o r ganization t h a t prmiddotociucmiddote s tllis fin e - grain high -speed Schumann emuision fi lrri
The ~ilm i s a ~riti~al component ncit otily fo r future space researc~ middot but for bas i c spectroscopic inves t igation of highl y excited a t omiddotmS found in l~bo ratory plas mlti-S The faltt that it s r e adily availaQle tlir middotough the Frenen contribute s significantly t o the Soviets c ompeii ive pos iteion Vi$ a-vis the US in both s pace -research and basic laboilaterry s_peCtmiddot~ osc~epy plusmnitimiddott be shotlt
middot wave length reg ions middot (C JA (G ONriDENflA L)
~ 0
secret
West German Satellite-Tracking ~ameras Wilt Help Soviets Determine ICBM Trajeetories
The Soviets reportedly have ordered l 0 Askania photograph~c theodolites from thee Geodetic Institute Frankfurt West Germany and it appears that the ti-ansaction will be consumtriated The instrwnents a middotre beiqg modified to track satellites for geodetic purposes Purchase of this e quipznent suggests that the Soviets plan to strengthen their optical-tracking program for geodetic purposes a program Which will in turn strengthen the Soviet potential for determining ICBMtrajectoly parameters The Soviets 1 only announced geodetic middotsatellite -program has been ba$ed on trackshying of the VS 1 s Echo-series satellites (CIA) (8ECHET
bull I
ll ~ ----------------------------WIR 3666 9 Sep 66
bullbull Soviet Military Reconnaissance Satellites SECRET middot f~ (most of the recoverable Cosmoses)
WIR ~66 6 9 Sep 66
JAN MAR APR MAY JUNshy AUC
I---____I-----1I II I I middot
SEP ocr NOV DEC
1962
I IIIII 1963
~cent~middottt tltitu tkttr c~J trtttolaquotoa ~ h rh ( 11~~e~o ThVt~ -Ugtd allo-v~ bti1i~j ib ~J Ult~r~lW nitny 7 ~lt middot ~ vbullhk l
Al lo ~ r t bulllliablr en ~01tlttCC 4 ~ bull l ~tm~lumiddot w~tclt llll-tbullO ~~ t ll4 l ~l~~t~ gt P~~~
O)OJ f Yltlte 1t~o -hl lhlflloi U~ laquoJbullyUbl ff - h en pl-)middotmiddot
fC~gtadq ~tt14 elcDfl~l t rr rJt t h (a 1 lJ~ rii-ltti 1 Ferrmiddotlg lto wr ~ t ~1-Ah~ly ~~ ~ middot 1 Paoyh~dt AItbulltt ttablr ~middot ~ lh ~~Uz~ncc tf th1bull
f-UtXt
~- lbullyhgtlotlbull t r Abull t i-1 ltgtvc~ pbt ltntl l plgtcgttol tl10ltc btljCOU
5- Sbullbullnmiddotfh3JJJcotl ilhtud middot~a i-t to middot~vr oU~l bullmiddott~dmiddot
~ fn y JOltbullllaquo ltXL lt~ lltl r ) fbullut ltgtlt V) dbullbull -fll4 gt1(gtwIC 11111 ~ vr ry
1 Orbfh l(ltf ~~- -t1V1 llbull tb ~r~ )f (l~lv lhhi~ O)tul (l) t tf t ltlrch mltf i()ll~ middot middot bull
1964
1965
1966
I I OthMo PP~pJIy d tgt1lt~o witll dlttltgtiiopmiddot
m~ut irm All fur lli -l~ -middotlbulieh dltJ ~gtlttltgtn f Jti t ~fH$ bull
Ail middotbullbulld 1Aur d1Ml lgty )S~ JClgt P~yl~ w-liJ 1 un~e tu ~(1lmiddotj ~ 1100 lbtt
w-~middotmiddot ti I-SiiiJCe~Q~Pmiddote~~--7-----~------------------- a
Portion identified as nonshyresponsive to the appeal
Reece Satellite Cosmos 128 De-orbited Routinmiddotely
C osm-os 1 28~ the Sovie t s 15th mnitaly r e-c~nnais s ance satellite of 1966 was de - o rbited middoton 4 Septembe-r 1 nearly 8 days after launch on R evoshyhltion ( 26 Impact pr obably occurred in tQe USSR at about 0707Z~See p-c~gcent 40 ) (N01AD) (SECRET ~0 FORElGN D ISSElVUNA T ION Re l eas abl e t o US UK amp Canada) ~ -
middotSovfets US Ktldatrfil mmiddotfor middot High Quality SLJn Phtitds
T h e Sovmiddotiets annollnced at the Vienna CO$ P AR (the i nternational C omtni t tee onSpaoe Resea rch ) meehng th~tJhey had SlC C~ecled in obtaining high ~ uality solar specjra and spect~one tiog+ImS i n tlie u ltravilet and nea~~
X -ray region oi the spectrum during high- altitude roCket fil)ngs A p rim ary r eason f or the hlgh qu ality opound t ne regts14t s w as the- Soviet
use of ~ spfitro_scopic Photogra-ph~e filrn sc -s~ mad~ bQ KOdak-Pathe a F renc h subs idiary of Eastman Kooak The film was develop ed in the us Kodak i s the only o r ganization t h a t prmiddotociucmiddote s tllis fin e - grain high -speed Schumann emuision fi lrri
The ~ilm i s a ~riti~al component ncit otily fo r future space researc~ middot but for bas i c spectroscopic inves t igation of highl y excited a t omiddotmS found in l~bo ratory plas mlti-S The faltt that it s r e adily availaQle tlir middotough the Frenen contribute s significantly t o the Soviets c ompeii ive pos iteion Vi$ a-vis the US in both s pace -research and basic laboilaterry s_peCtmiddot~ osc~epy plusmnitimiddott be shotlt
middot wave length reg ions middot (C JA (G ONriDENflA L)
~ 0
secret
West German Satellite-Tracking ~ameras Wilt Help Soviets Determine ICBM Trajeetories
The Soviets reportedly have ordered l 0 Askania photograph~c theodolites from thee Geodetic Institute Frankfurt West Germany and it appears that the ti-ansaction will be consumtriated The instrwnents a middotre beiqg modified to track satellites for geodetic purposes Purchase of this e quipznent suggests that the Soviets plan to strengthen their optical-tracking program for geodetic purposes a program Which will in turn strengthen the Soviet potential for determining ICBMtrajectoly parameters The Soviets 1 only announced geodetic middotsatellite -program has been ba$ed on trackshying of the VS 1 s Echo-series satellites (CIA) (8ECHET
bull I
ll ~ ----------------------------WIR 3666 9 Sep 66
bullbull Soviet Military Reconnaissance Satellites SECRET middot f~ (most of the recoverable Cosmoses)
WIR ~66 6 9 Sep 66
JAN MAR APR MAY JUNshy AUC
I---____I-----1I II I I middot
SEP ocr NOV DEC
1962
I IIIII 1963
~cent~middottt tltitu tkttr c~J trtttolaquotoa ~ h rh ( 11~~e~o ThVt~ -Ugtd allo-v~ bti1i~j ib ~J Ult~r~lW nitny 7 ~lt middot ~ vbullhk l
Al lo ~ r t bulllliablr en ~01tlttCC 4 ~ bull l ~tm~lumiddot w~tclt llll-tbullO ~~ t ll4 l ~l~~t~ gt P~~~
O)OJ f Yltlte 1t~o -hl lhlflloi U~ laquoJbullyUbl ff - h en pl-)middotmiddot
fC~gtadq ~tt14 elcDfl~l t rr rJt t h (a 1 lJ~ rii-ltti 1 Ferrmiddotlg lto wr ~ t ~1-Ah~ly ~~ ~ middot 1 Paoyh~dt AItbulltt ttablr ~middot ~ lh ~~Uz~ncc tf th1bull
f-UtXt
~- lbullyhgtlotlbull t r Abull t i-1 ltgtvc~ pbt ltntl l plgtcgttol tl10ltc btljCOU
5- Sbullbullnmiddotfh3JJJcotl ilhtud middot~a i-t to middot~vr oU~l bullmiddott~dmiddot
~ fn y JOltbullllaquo ltXL lt~ lltl r ) fbullut ltgtlt V) dbullbull -fll4 gt1(gtwIC 11111 ~ vr ry
1 Orbfh l(ltf ~~- -t1V1 llbull tb ~r~ )f (l~lv lhhi~ O)tul (l) t tf t ltlrch mltf i()ll~ middot middot bull
1964
1965
1966
I I OthMo PP~pJIy d tgt1lt~o witll dlttltgtiiopmiddot
m~ut irm All fur lli -l~ -middotlbulieh dltJ ~gtlttltgtn f Jti t ~fH$ bull
Ail middotbullbulld 1Aur d1Ml lgty )S~ JClgt P~yl~ w-liJ 1 un~e tu ~(1lmiddotj ~ 1100 lbtt
secret
West German Satellite-Tracking ~ameras Wilt Help Soviets Determine ICBM Trajeetories
The Soviets reportedly have ordered l 0 Askania photograph~c theodolites from thee Geodetic Institute Frankfurt West Germany and it appears that the ti-ansaction will be consumtriated The instrwnents a middotre beiqg modified to track satellites for geodetic purposes Purchase of this e quipznent suggests that the Soviets plan to strengthen their optical-tracking program for geodetic purposes a program Which will in turn strengthen the Soviet potential for determining ICBMtrajectoly parameters The Soviets 1 only announced geodetic middotsatellite -program has been ba$ed on trackshying of the VS 1 s Echo-series satellites (CIA) (8ECHET
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bullbull Soviet Military Reconnaissance Satellites SECRET middot f~ (most of the recoverable Cosmoses)
WIR ~66 6 9 Sep 66
JAN MAR APR MAY JUNshy AUC
I---____I-----1I II I I middot
SEP ocr NOV DEC
1962
I IIIII 1963
~cent~middottt tltitu tkttr c~J trtttolaquotoa ~ h rh ( 11~~e~o ThVt~ -Ugtd allo-v~ bti1i~j ib ~J Ult~r~lW nitny 7 ~lt middot ~ vbullhk l
Al lo ~ r t bulllliablr en ~01tlttCC 4 ~ bull l ~tm~lumiddot w~tclt llll-tbullO ~~ t ll4 l ~l~~t~ gt P~~~
O)OJ f Yltlte 1t~o -hl lhlflloi U~ laquoJbullyUbl ff - h en pl-)middotmiddot
fC~gtadq ~tt14 elcDfl~l t rr rJt t h (a 1 lJ~ rii-ltti 1 Ferrmiddotlg lto wr ~ t ~1-Ah~ly ~~ ~ middot 1 Paoyh~dt AItbulltt ttablr ~middot ~ lh ~~Uz~ncc tf th1bull
f-UtXt
~- lbullyhgtlotlbull t r Abull t i-1 ltgtvc~ pbt ltntl l plgtcgttol tl10ltc btljCOU
5- Sbullbullnmiddotfh3JJJcotl ilhtud middot~a i-t to middot~vr oU~l bullmiddott~dmiddot
~ fn y JOltbullllaquo ltXL lt~ lltl r ) fbullut ltgtlt V) dbullbull -fll4 gt1(gtwIC 11111 ~ vr ry
1 Orbfh l(ltf ~~- -t1V1 llbull tb ~r~ )f (l~lv lhhi~ O)tul (l) t tf t ltlrch mltf i()ll~ middot middot bull
1964
1965
1966
I I OthMo PP~pJIy d tgt1lt~o witll dlttltgtiiopmiddot
m~ut irm All fur lli -l~ -middotlbulieh dltJ ~gtlttltgtn f Jti t ~fH$ bull
Ail middotbullbulld 1Aur d1Ml lgty )S~ JClgt P~yl~ w-liJ 1 un~e tu ~(1lmiddotj ~ 1100 lbtt
bullbull Soviet Military Reconnaissance Satellites SECRET middot f~ (most of the recoverable Cosmoses)
WIR ~66 6 9 Sep 66
JAN MAR APR MAY JUNshy AUC
I---____I-----1I II I I middot
SEP ocr NOV DEC
1962
I IIIII 1963
~cent~middottt tltitu tkttr c~J trtttolaquotoa ~ h rh ( 11~~e~o ThVt~ -Ugtd allo-v~ bti1i~j ib ~J Ult~r~lW nitny 7 ~lt middot ~ vbullhk l
Al lo ~ r t bulllliablr en ~01tlttCC 4 ~ bull l ~tm~lumiddot w~tclt llll-tbullO ~~ t ll4 l ~l~~t~ gt P~~~
O)OJ f Yltlte 1t~o -hl lhlflloi U~ laquoJbullyUbl ff - h en pl-)middotmiddot
fC~gtadq ~tt14 elcDfl~l t rr rJt t h (a 1 lJ~ rii-ltti 1 Ferrmiddotlg lto wr ~ t ~1-Ah~ly ~~ ~ middot 1 Paoyh~dt AItbulltt ttablr ~middot ~ lh ~~Uz~ncc tf th1bull
f-UtXt
~- lbullyhgtlotlbull t r Abull t i-1 ltgtvc~ pbt ltntl l plgtcgttol tl10ltc btljCOU
5- Sbullbullnmiddotfh3JJJcotl ilhtud middot~a i-t to middot~vr oU~l bullmiddott~dmiddot
~ fn y JOltbullllaquo ltXL lt~ lltl r ) fbullut ltgtlt V) dbullbull -fll4 gt1(gtwIC 11111 ~ vr ry
1 Orbfh l(ltf ~~- -t1V1 llbull tb ~r~ )f (l~lv lhhi~ O)tul (l) t tf t ltlrch mltf i()ll~ middot middot bull
1964
1965
1966
I I OthMo PP~pJIy d tgt1lt~o witll dlttltgtiiopmiddot
m~ut irm All fur lli -l~ -middotlbulieh dltJ ~gtlttltgtn f Jti t ~fH$ bull
Ail middotbullbulld 1Aur d1Ml lgty )S~ JClgt P~yl~ w-liJ 1 un~e tu ~(1lmiddotj ~ 1100 lbtt