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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP67B00511R000100180015-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 21, 2000
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: August 28, 1962
• Content Type: LETTER

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28 August 1962
Enclosed herewith is the preliminary test program
which we will be discussing with Norm and Ed tomorrow. After
that discussion, we will send you a revised test program.
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The attached schedule is preliminary, since it may require modification
based on: Availability of vehicles; availability of equipment or
instrumentation; availability of some of the information by other
means; and results of the first tests.
We believe that one test per week is a reasonable maximum, at least
in the early phases. We see no point in flying the system after one-
test prior to the completion of that test's data reduction, and this
almost surely limits the frequency to one test per week.
N and N + 1 denotes that these tests should be run when the vacuum
unit is available, which can not presently be predicted accurately.
These tests can probably be inserted in the other tests without
altering the one test per week schedule.
The most desirable test schedule will change as results become
available. We propose to review this particular test schedule
(after it is in final form) after the sixth test to decide whether
or not it is still the most desirable test program.
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RECOMMENDED INITIAL TESR PROGRAM OF TYPE I SYSTEM
a=accept. T=test to acquire data A=Additional test if planned test fails to acquire data
Priority
Vehic a
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9 10
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needed
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be needed
fit. fit.
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or late
1
Ground check and flight
to confirm elec and mech
compatibility
a
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2
Flights to obtain engr.
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Pressure & composition
of gas vs time (1)
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vs Time (3)
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Each of 67 target displays appearing in 58 different frames
were examined with a ti10t to determine resolving power.
The three-bar targets' e# si tar to those of USA! (1951)
targets, and are of .l04 Cantrast. The altitude of each of
11 passes over the target displays varied from 8,200 to 12,200
feet resulting in. s photography -ith scales from 1:5470 to
1:8130 at nadir. The flight paths,wera such that the target
displays appear in various areas of the frames.
The data obtained follows in tabulated form.
Attachment
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