DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT - 26 AUGUST 1963

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP63-00313A000500130039-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 30, 2002
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: August 26, 1963
• Content Type: MF

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MCRANI?UM ,FOR: Deputy Director for Science and Technology
SUBJECT
1. Mission Status
Daily Activity Report - 26 August 1963
a. IDEALIST - The U-2 Detachment I Iwas scheduled
to fly a mission over North China but was cancelled due
to weather. The detachment at Edwards AFZ# California
I re in a standby status.
b. BRASS KNOB - One SAC U-2 mission was flown over Cuba on
23 August, with an estimated 65% of targets covered and no hostile
reactions. Another mission was flown over Cuba on 24 August with
a estimated 75% of targets covered and no hostile reactions, and on
15 August one mission was flown with 85% of targets coverer' and no
hostile reactions.
c. CORONA J Mission #1001 was launched successfully on
25 August at 0030 EDT. On pass 22 vehicle was normal.
2. OXCART Flight Status
a. Aircraft #121 (3-58 engines) - Made flight #78 for a duration
of 1:06 hours. Purpose - inlet rougbhess Investigations and envelope
extension. The actual flight resulted in inlet roughness tests at speeds
up to ; .ach 2.16 and altitude of 65, 000 feet. No envelops extension
attempt was made and tests were confined to lower Mach numbers
b. Aircraft #126 (J-58 engines) - Made flight #15 for a duration
of 1:18 hours. Purpose - sonic boom measurements, inertial navigation
system test
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This was a successful flight with results obtained for all flight objectives.
This was the second consecutive flight which achieved better than specifi-
cation performance of the inertial navigation system.
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