U.S. SCIENTIFIC SATELLITE PROGRAM (NSC 5520)

• Document Type: FOIA
• Keywords: 1953-1957
• Keywords: SPUTNIK SATELLITE
• Keywords: ICBM MISSILE
• Keywords: ICBM
• Keywords: SPUTNIK
• Collection: Intelligence Warning of the 1957 Launch of Sputnik
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006687232
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: September 22, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 4, 2017
• Case Number: SC-2017-00012
• Publication Date: October 6, 1956

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B OCT 1956
fl9tyDisturterflutodligeme
e d. Solostitic Satellite Prograus 5520
1. The following le in roply to Furr request: for comemarts au
'Ms Anent of Woes. Pewees Report (ctober, )?, 1956) on the
ages subject to the National Seewity Conwcii. this Offieeic
esrvad prisorily with the staemni objective of the roc action i.e,
the prestige and metelogical benefits that would &elm. tia this
anmeothei, eat folicring intallipmcce isformatioa en the ftviet
proves
is sowlied as possible use to you.
2. la April 18t% the Ma exestamed the fernation of the
Panama Intiesegency Commissice fer leiterplemtlary Cosoculicatione.
There is other evidamm, tecesemso that this: Commlosion Tess
aniateace at least es Gov ete the fell of 1954.. The above public
anneron.t ropresented the first official indication that the MI
was actively engaging In the problems associated with the launching
of =Ala satellite veiliale, as cm of the latuta teaks of this
Commission use otate4. to be the orgenisation of work for the creation
of au wieuttecatiew laboretory for seloctitio mass:rob of eater ewe.
Fellmang the tr. 4. lead in snit* potato annotecomaante of spool:la
earth satellite patrol inteatlaas, the MIL hues *bee late l955.
released to the mew toommus statements amawning their Intentions
to lemob sateUttes daring a tine pealed which serraocade to the
laf. their etatements have heen interpreted as re. an int.
to c vitt al4 farozwei utp4in the L 8.preivem WM respect to
both t Mae end weight of the inetrasented nese section. On Use
basis of the Soviet estimated &Mod egtebtaith ve belimas
the wit poatfesew, the basic technicalcapatellitiee skills and o
resoureee required to develops tend and orbit an slessered ealtellIte
walla*. The $1030.1112Ata, orbiting of snob a eshiale ravairas solving
sew
of the ease acientitie and tectrdeal problems as soctmeatered
leng-range bdUatisissiles. We beilesm that The wiUhe a
major offert to he the first conotry to whit en earth satellits. We
farther believe it has the capeibility of orbitimi SIAM vehicle in
early 1957, which could amprire edentitic intormation cad data of
united mailitary team. satellite posemusing
c' Uitteo of militery vane could probably be orbited th the period
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EO 13526 3.5(c)
EO 13526 3.3(b)(1)>25Yrs