NOTE TO: MR. PAT LONG FROM (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81M00980R002000060010-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Sequence Number: 10
• Content Type: FORM

'Approved For Release 2006/08/01: CIA-RDP81 M00980R0020OO 0 1 %3
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office of Legislative Counsel
Washington, D. C. 205f5
14 e ruary 1978.
TO:
Mr. Pat Long
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
House of Representatives
Attached, per your request, is the
information you requested on Soviet
satellites. My apologies for the delay
of this material.
MORI/CDF
Approved For Release 2006/08/01 : CAA-RnpR~nnnnaSQ~Q~2aoa00010=3.
 Approved For Release 2006/08/01 : CIA-R 81 M00980R002000060010-3
As indicative of any one day, on 30 January the
number of Soviet satellites known to be active were:
Military and_y~Intellience Related Number Active
Command Site Checkout :
Communications
Eliot Reconnaissance
Geodetic
Launch Detection
Navigation
Photographic Reconnaissance
Photographic Related
Radar Reconnaissance
Radar Support
Satellite Intercepter
Satellite Target
Space Stations
Weather (Meteorologi.cal)
Prestige & Scientific Space Systems
Manned & Manned Related
Lunar
Planetary
R&D & Uncategorized
Scientific
2
55*
11
3
4
10
3
0
0
5
0
2
1
9
Total Active: 116
* Includes two categories of low-capacity communications satellites.
One type consists of several satellites launched simultaneously by
one booster and deployed in space.
Approved For Release 2006/08/01 : CIA-RDP81
 Approved For Release 2006/08/01: CIA-RDP81 M00980R0.02000060010-3
During 1977, the Soviets launched the following number of satellites:
Military and Intelligence
Related Space Systems
Command Site Checkout
Communications
Elint Reconnaissance
Geodetic
Launch Detection
Navigation
Photographic Reconnaissance
Photographic Related
Radar Reconnaissance
Radar Support
Satellite.Interceptor
Satellite Target
Space Stations
Weather (Meteorological)
Prestige & Scientific Space Systems
Manned
Manned-Related
Lunar
Planetary
R&D & Uncategorized
Scientific
Approximate
Number Average.
Launched Lifetime
2 12 mo.
11 18 mo.
7 18 mo.
2 18mo.
3 25 days
7 ,18 mo.
30 13, 30 days
3 13 days
2 . 2-3 mo.
4 30 mo.
4 1 day
3 2-3 mo .
1 over 2 yrs.
4 24 mo.
2 days
2 months
0 varies
0 varies
3 varies
7 varies
Total Launched: 97
Launch Failures: 4
 Approved f .t Iease 2006/08/01 : CIA-RDP81 M00980R002000060010-3
U.S. Ij?USE OF REPRESENTA'TI S
COMMn rE.E ON INTEWGENCE
Approved For Release 2006/08/01 : CIA-RDP81 M00980R002000060010-3