IMAGERY COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS SUBCOMMITTEE OF COMIREX MINUTES OF MEETING 10:00 - 13:00 TUESDAY, 5 NOVEMBER 1968
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IMAGERY COLLECTION REQUIREMENT SUBCOMMITTEE OF COMIREX
AGENDA.
for
ICRS-M-21, 19 November 1968
Room lG-38, Headquarters
1. Approval of Minutes, 5 November Meeting.
2. Satellite Schedule - NRO
3. South China/North Vietnam Priority List.
i. 1106 Target Complexes for Programming.*
Review NPIC Recommended Target Actions.
(Draft distributed 5 November ICRS Meeting)
6. Update COMIREX Target File.
7. Other Business.
*NRO requires by COB 21 November.
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1105 - A premature retraction of the
umbilical mast during the 30 October
countdown resulted in delay of
mission until 3 November at which
time it was successfully launched.
1106 - 11 Dec 68
1049 - 29 Jan 69
1107 - lZ Mar 69
1050 - 14 May 69
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request to determine RS position on a proposal by the Chairman, EXSUBCOM,
to delay Mission 1106 until 18 December, to alleviate a heavy exploitation
work load on NPIC. Final concurrence to the proposed change was reserved
until coordination with elements
was withdrawn because it was deemed
completed. /Subsequently, the proposed too costly, /
1) GV-I SOUTH CHINA/NORTH VIETNAM LIST
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List. I I voiced the opinion that, in view of the present bombing
halt in NVN, a revised priority paper for South China/North Vietnam might be
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new USIB collection guidance for NVN under the cease fire agreement is
required. The DIA member reported acceptable data base coverage of NVN
targets as follows-
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1106 ORBIT SELECT CRITERIA
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to be selected earlier an normal because of the secondary payload being
carried. The following orbit select criteria was provided the NRO:
In order of priority-
* Adjusted or weighed to account for climatology.
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1) Access to whole of USSR, Communist China, East
European Communist countries, North Vietnam,
North Korea and Middle East (Egypt, less area west
of 30? East and south of 25? North, Israel, Jordan,
Syria, Iraq (west of 450 East).
2) Multiple access to- "Holiday" * areas in the USSR,
Communist China, East European Communist countries,
North Vietnam and (if any) North Korea.
queried the NRO re-presentative if the above
criteria would insure wor wide access. confirmed that it
would,
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At least twice for the designated areas, then three
times in order of priority given, then four times
in order of priority given.
COORDINATES PROCEDURES PAPER
11. A final draft of ICRS procedures paper for the derivation,
validation, and/or refinement of coordinates for COMIREX targets was agreed
to. NPIC, concurred in the wording of the final draft. A copy will
be distribute to all members on 6 October and it is anticipated the paper will
be on the COMIREX agenda for the 14 November meeting.
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will be presented to te CO 4 X on 5 December 1968. Presentation will be
made by personnel from outside of the Washington area, therefore to preclude
unnecessary delay of these personnel in the Washington area the Chairman
invited the ICRS members to receive the briefing at the 5 December COMIREX
meeting if interested.
Briefing
I informed the Committee that alI briefing
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displayed the Cuban area coverage map and noted
the area coverage requirement was currently 92% satisfied. The DIA member
informed the Committee that as soon as the Delta III configured aircraft is test
flown the first GLASS LAMP mission in this configuration will be flown.
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