THE SOVIET EARTH SATELLITE PROGRAM

• Document Type: FOIA
• Keywords: DNI
• Keywords: 1953-1957
• Keywords: SPUTNIK SATELLITE
• Keywords: ICBM MISSILE
• Keywords: ICBM
• Collection: Intelligence Warning of the 1957 Launch of Sputnik
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006687256
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: September 22, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 4, 2017
• Case Number: SC-2017-00012
• Publication Date: August 1, 1956

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