DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT - 28 OCTOBER 1963

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP63-00313A000500140095-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 29, 2004
• Sequence Number: 95
• Publication Date: October 28, 1963
• Content Type: MF

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28 October 11
ORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director (Science and Technology)
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Daily Activity Report - 28 October 1963
MISSION STATUS
;REALIST On 26 October 1963 the detachments
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dwards Air Force Base California were on standby status.
Mission number 3235 was flown by the IDEALIST detachment L-1
on 26 October over South Laos and North Vietna.', eatima e
60% target coverage.
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On 27 and 28 October 1963 all detachments were on 25X1
tandby *taws. Edwards was deployed and weather was the 2 1
problem is
b. BRASS KN)B - On 26 October no SAC U-2 missions over Cuba
were scheduled.
On 2? October one SAC U-2 mission was flown over Cuba. Mission #3760
was flown with an estimated 60% target coverage with no reaction.
On 28 October one SAC U-2 mission was flown over Cuba. Mission #3761
was flown with an estimated 60% target coverage with no reaction.
t. SATELLITES - Mission #4003 was launched on schedule; (25/1859:28Z).
All in reported OK through Revolution #5. On 26 October it continued normal
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O_`ob`r 1963 - succeasfut air snatch of the
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capsule .from Mission #4003 was made at 2?/2157Z.
NRO review(s) completed.
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OXCART Flight Test Status, 25 October:
a. Aircraft #126 made flight #29 for a duration of fifty-one minutes.
M ximum speed was Mach 2.4 and altitude 70, 000 feet. Purpose of the
flight: Perkin-Elmer Camera test and EMPSTER Trackage
experimneent.
b. Aircraft #127 made flight #9 for a duration of 1:04 hours.
Maximum speed was 2.25 and altitude 65, 000 feet. Purpose: shakedown
of aircraft in preparation for turn-over to operational
control.
c. Aircraft #129 made flight #3 for a duration of 1:21 hours.
mum speed was Mach 2.62 and altitude 72, 000 feet. Purpose: manual
operation of Lockheed electronic type inlet control. This control, a
back-up to the inlet control, has been installed in
Aircraft #129 car test purposes.
(1) Aircraft #121 - undergoing inlet duct modification. Next
flight: 29 or 30 October.
(2) Aircraft #122 - undergoing routine maintenance. Next
flight: 28 October.
(3) Aircraft #124: undergoing periodic inspection. Next
30 October.
(4) Aircraft #125: undergoing an engine change. Next
flight: 28 October.
(5) Aircraft #128 is awaiting vertical tins and Aircraft #130
is in process of assembly. Comment: The static test of a newly
configured plastic fin was accomplished successfully. The present
inventory of fine are being modified to the new configuration at
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