MONTHLY REPORT ON OVERHEAD IMAGERY RECONNAISSANCE

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• Publication Date: November 18, 1969
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18 November 1969
MEMORANDUM FOR: Committee on Imagery Requirements
and Exploitation
SUBJECT: Monthly Report on Overhead Imagery
.Reconnaissance
1. Attached is the report on overhead imagery reconnaissance
fo'r the month of October 1969.
2. Following is the table of contents:
Satellite Reconnaissance Missions Launched Pages 2 t~ 4
or Recovered in 1969
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Cuba
China
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Page 6
Page 7
Page 8
South China and North Vietnam Pages 9 to 11
North Korea Page 12
USSR and European Satellites Pages 13 and 14
Status of FY 1970 Basic Support Page 15
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1000 Series are CORONA (KH-4A), 2 buckets, medium resolution,
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Mission
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1052 22 Sep - 7 Oct
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Overall coverage was comparable to
that of an average KH-4A mission --
interpretability ranged from poor to
good. The mission was highlighted
by the discovery of additional SS-11
ICBM silos at Pervomaysk and
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1107 24 Jul - 11 Aug Longest KH-4 mission flown to date --
19 days. Mission was maintained on
orbit for one extra day to obtain
coverage of the Lop Nor Nuclear Test
Site, due to the failure STAT
of one of the primary camera systems,
reduced mission effectiveness. Mission
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1051 2 May - 17 May
provided complete coverage of the
priority SS-9 and SS-11 associated
complexes. Overall image quality
was somewhat poorer than KH-4
coverage.
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1106 6 Feb - 14 Feb Although a special requirement for colorTAT
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CORONA -Coverage Obtained
The following is the current status of the intelligence search
requirements reported in terms of clear, panoramic photography of
the USSR, East European Satellites, Communist China, and North Korea,
The coverage is figured in millions of square nautical miles as shown
below and on the map facing this page.
Mission
Built-up Areas
(1 May - 31 Oct 69)
Underdeveloped Areas
(1 Nov 68 - 31 Oct 69)
Gross (%)
Net ~o)
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Accum (%}
'~~Unique coverage acquired by the first mission of the reporting
period is
underdeveloped areas.
The unique coverages
off for the next reporting period,
DEFINITION OF TERMS:
shown will drop
GROSS - Total amount of 90-100 percent cloud-free pan
photography collected by each mission,
2. NET - That portion of gross coverage which represents
non-redundant coverage, i, e, , the newly observed
area not covered by a previous mission during the
reporting period.
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Target categories are shown below. Only two OLD
HEAD missions, both successful, were flown during the month on
4 and 8 October respectively. No significant new military develop-
ments were noted.
Total
Targets
Missiles
SAM-Associated Installations
38
Other Missile-Associated
7
Airfields
14
Port Facilities
17
Radar/Electronic Facilities
6
Military
89
Urban /Indus trial
4
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1. A breakdown of China targets, by area and category,
is shown below.
Formosa
Category South Manchuria Central Strait Total
Missiles 7 13 62 4 86
Aircraft 38 52 122 8 220
Nuclear 2 1 29 - 32
Naval 46 9 36 30 121
BW/CW 14 9 7 1 31
Electronic 23 1 71 12 107
Ground Force 282 189 417 77 965
L. O, C, and Complexes 38 33 84 7 162
U/I Facility 2 1 41 - 44
869 139 1, 768
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4. 1052-2 coverage of the Chinese nuclear test areas confirmed
the Singer area, 70 nm northwest of Lop Nor, as the site of the Chic-9
underground test on 22 September 1969 and GZ-2 at Lop Nor as the site
of the 29 September 1969 airdrop.
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2, During October reports were received showing Baseline
(BL) and Surveillance (S) coverage as follows:
GIANT SCALE (5 missions)
BUMPY ACTION (6 missions)
40 S
5 S
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SOUTH CHINA AND NORTH VIETNAM cont.
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3. Drone overflights of South China were renewed in
October with the launch of four missions on 17, 22, 25, and 28
October, The 17 October mission photographed several military
storage and barracks areas in China near the Laos and Burma borders,
No important changes were noted from previous coverage of these
installations, The 22 October mission was recalled shortl after
enetrating South China STAT
The 25 October mission failed to yield any usable photography
and the 28 October mission was lost,
probably to fighter action,
4. The coverage of military installations and key lines of
communication in South China and North Vietnam for which a baseline
31 October 1969:
is required stands as follows as of
Targets to be covered 168
Baseline acquired of South China targets 102
Baseline acquired of North Vietnam targets 65
Total targets covered with baseline quality 167
Targets remaining to be covered 1
5. The second requirement is for certain areas to be
searched, at a specified frequency, to detect the introduction of
offensive missiles and other new weapons systems to North Vietnam.
Recent coverage, expressed in square nautical miles, was achieved
against the area requiring weekly coverage and the area requiring
coverage every three weeks, as follows:
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SOUTH CHINA AND NORTH VIETNAM cont.
a. Area requiring weekly coverage
Date Sq. NM Photographed
16 Sep - 22 Sep
23 Sep - 29 Sep
30 Sep - 6 Oct
7 Oct - 13 Oct
16 Sep - 6 Oct
Area requiring coverage every three weeks
Sq. NM Photographed % of Requirement
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1. The 614 targets in North Korea are distributed by
category as shown below:
Missiles
41
Airfields
21
Nuclear
1
Naval
3 6
BW/CW
1
Ground Force
345
Other
169
TOTAL
614
2. GIANT SCALE Mission 198, 17 October, revealed
FROG (Free Rockets Over Ground) equipment in North Korea for
the first time. This equipment was located in the Pyongyang
area.
3. No significant new intelligence on North Korea was
n6tained by CORONA Mission 1052, 22 Sep - 7 Oct, Readout for
is not yet completed,
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1, As shown below 5, 647 of 9, 194 COMIREX targets fall
within the USSR and European Satellites. Any significant number of
targets outside of the USSR is noted in parentheses.
Missiles
Number of Targets
ICBM
1, 295
IR /MRBM
338
R&D
137
Production
58
Submarines
7 5
Anti-ballistic Missile
7
Other Missile
182 (2 E. G
ermany; 1
Poland;
2 Bulg
aria)
Total Missiles
2, 092
Airfields
Long Range Bombers
62
Total Airfields
Other
Nuclear
Naval Bases, Port
BW /CW Facilities
Radar /Elec. Facilitie s
Military
Urban/Industrial
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Total Othe r
631 (46 Poland; 42 E. Germany; 37 Czech-
oslovakia; 17 Bulgaria; 14 Hungary;
and 15 Rumania)
693
155 (6 E. Germany; 2 each, Hungary., and
Rumania; 1 each, Poland, Czechoslo-
vakia, and Bulgaria)
76 (2 Rumania; 3 E. Germany, and 8 Poland)
70 (6 Poland; 4 E. Germany; 2 Rumania)
404 (81 Poland; 38 E. Germany; 16 Czechoslo-
vakia)
1, 886 (236 E. Germany, 144 Poland; 101 Hungary;
126 Czechoslovakia; 72 Bulgaria; 60 Rumanna)
243
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2, 862
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Status 'of FY 70 Basic Support Exploitation Program as of 31 October 1969
A summary of basic third-phase targets exploited
and reports/briefs produced thus far in FY 70 is given below:
TARGETS EXPLOITED
(1 Jul - 31 Oct 69)
Initial
Update
Total
Facilities
Installations
72
45
117
Complexes /Areas
8
5
13
Topics
2
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2
Weapons
Objects
1
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1
Systems
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BASIC REPORTS/BRIEFS
(1 Jul - 31 Oct 69)
Reporting Organization
Report
Brief
Total
CIA /LAS
1
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1
DIAAP-9
23
11
34
USAIIC
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NPIC
46
27
73
109
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