ORBITAL DATA ON SOVIET SPUTNIKS I, II AND III

• Document Type: FOIA
• Keywords: USSR
• Keywords: SOVIET UNION
• Keywords: SOVIET
• Keywords: SPUTNIK
• Keywords: DATA
• Collection: Intelligence Warning of the 1957 Launch of Sputnik
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0000124302
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: September 22, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 4, 2017
• Case Number: F-1990-01132
• Publication Date: January 29, 1958

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1. -Q' tastltvta uaee Yb? follovlaj ralws of the laltial perl6ee al titudea Sn
all of our orbital calculations on Ne 3orist 3yutntks:
SRTflfI1C I ;1957 Alert 'I\ro)--an Sn_tlal yertiee
altitude of 225 k'_loaeters.
6F1TiKIK II (1057 11e4)--an Laltial yeripe a1t1-
tude of 240 klloneters.
SATl7fIK IIT (1958 DsIL tiro)--aa Saitlal p+rtpa
altitude of ?4l kilonatart.
2. !? of 1 !bt 58, tLe pertpe altitude for tl+e aputaik III carrlar rocket
(1058 Ds 14 Oa) r? ~ 198 kl lone Lets and tb? apope vas 88~ ki l osw u r ~ . A ~
of the sate daU, tJa ptripe altitude for-apu'alk III (1958 De14 Tbo) vas
?12 kilar+tars aad t~? a~o`++ altttuds vas 162E kllaarters.