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Work on the first THOR-boosted Advanced Reconnaissance System (ARS)
vehicle is on schedule. System installation design is proceeding
satisfactorily.
A breadboard model of the visual reconnaissance for the ARS

program was demonstrated at Eastman Kodak Leboratories on 2i, April.

Because B-li7 aircraft are being used to obtain measurements of
infrared (IR) radiation from ICBMs, the emergency grounding of all B-l7
type aircraft has temporarily halted the Infrared Measurements program.

A contract with the Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation provides for design
implementa‘

- Construction drawings and specifications for the interim tracking
and telemetry stations at Cooke Air Foros Base, California and at Kaena
Point, Hawaii were released for construction. The stations are scheduled
for completion 1 Septesber. :

Construction of launch stands and blockhouses for the ‘“i0R-booster
complex in the south Cooke area is on schedule.

Fort Stevens, Oregon was approved as the site of the northwest
United States tracking and data acquisition station, A final selection
for the northeast United States station is scheduled for the week of 9 June.
Locations for a central site are being reviewed.

The Preliminary Operations Plan for the ARS was published in April
and will be forwarded to Headquarters USAF for approval.

A newly formed Air Fores Bioastronautics Division at Inglewods |

California, will function as a consultant and liaison group for all

dismsdieal activity. This Division worked with Leckhe r
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telemetry and beacen in a vehicle with nose-down attitude were completed,
Rit antennas were reduoed in ‘weight andvoltage brealiom tests were
Conducted on different antennas,

2. Modifications of the SCR MOD TI radars progressed vapidly,
The sequence prograsmer breadboard for Program II, the Pioneer Visual
reconnaissance program, was completed and preliminary testing was started.

back on schedule. Ground equipment is rapidly approaching the pre-
Prototype stage. Satisfactory progress continues in the area of the wide
band data » A pre-prototype ground UHF Teceiver has been Completed and

Air Force Base have been established, 4 total of five tracking and
acquisition stations will be required. ne station will be Provided at
Cooke, and a down-range tracking station will be located in the vicinity
of Omard, California, One of the remaining three stations will be located

in Hawaii, and two will be in Alaska, One Alaska station will be in the
Anchorage area; the other will be in the Sitka area,

hk. Radio frequency allocations for data transmission have
been granted for the THOR and ATLAS-boosted ARS programs,

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A contract with The Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation provides for the
design and implementation of the intelligence data handling subsystem
(Subsystem I), Major subcontracts were negotiated by R-W in this period
with ITEK Corporation for the major optical assexblies and devices; Broad.
view Research Corporation for photo interpretation keys and equipment
requirements; Systems Laboratories Corporation for geodetic calculations

and applications; and Planning Research Corporation for application of their
intelligence parameter work,

I. QUALITATIVE PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS INFORMATION

The Qualitative Personnel Requirements Information (QPRI)
program for ARS progressed satisfactorily. The initial QPRI Conference
for the Program was held at Palo Alto, California, on 3 June 1958. A QPRI
report was published on 30 June by the Air Force and the Lockheed Missile
Systems Division, the report is time-phased for an operational date of
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Tt has been determined that a single helium boom extension would insure
Proper vehicle aerodynamic stabilization at the lower orbital altitudes
assumed for early Program IIA flights. However, engineering effort continued
on the twin-boom extension mechanism for the purpose of increasing the
functional reliability of this mechanism, Smal) vanes or fins are being
added to the aft of the vehicle,for vertical stabilization. These additions
will permit better alignment of the vehicle's center of pressure and center
of gravity.

5, Problems previously encountered in the welding of magnesium
thorium alloys used for structure and skin are being eliminated as experience
is gained, The elimination of these problems removes one of the possible
delaying factors in the flight schedule,

6. Four segmented steel tanks were completed, and will be used.
as back-up for tthe aluminum tanks planned for flight test use. Three of
these tanks failed when subjected to Pressure tests. The fourth was modified
and successfully passed pressure tests, but is slightly heavier than the
desired weight.

7. With the cooperation of the Sandia Centrifuge Section,
inertial loading tests were performed on the first spun aluminum flight tank
and one segmented steel tank, Both passed the tests successfully, The
aluminum tank, completed on 2h way, was pressure tested to 85 psi and then
flown to Sandia. Exceptional cooperation was received from the Atomic
Energy Commission and Sandia on these tests.

8. A welding machine for assembling spun aluminum tanks was
received by Lockheed, and training in its use is underway. Efforts are
being made to reduce the number of manufacturing processes involved in pro=
ducing the aluminum tanks. One result of these efforts is the elimination
of the chem-mill process.

9. An early test on the helium regulator used for pressurizing
propellant tanks indicated a technical Problem area. However, tests on a
second helium regulator produced by Robert-Shaw Fulton Company vere satis-
factory. Failure on the early test was attributed to faulty test procedure
and metal chips found in the regulator assembly.

10. Despite the introduction of accelerated schedules and
changes in Program IIA objectives from recovery of visual reconnaissance
to the geophysical and biomedical Programs, the airframe subsystem main-
tained satisfactory design progress on Program I throughout the quarterly
reporting period. An exploded view of the ARS vehicle mockup and the ATLAS
adapter is shown in Figure 1.

c. SATELLITE PROPULSION SYSTEM

1. The two ARS rocket engines delivered by Bell Aircraft
the first quarter of 1958 were assigned to the Santa Cruz Test Base of the
Lockheed Missile Systems Division. The first ground test engine was mounted

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The engines for flight test vehicles 1 and 2 have
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of these engines has successfully undergone five hot firings since livery.

D. AUXILIARY POWER SUBSYSTEM

1. 411 components for the auxiliary power subsystem of the
first SENTRY/THOR flight vehicle have been received by Lockheed. Acceptance
testing is in progress.

2. Program ITA flights with THOR boosters will include test of

a small solar battery. The battery will have an of 1.10 watts. qt.

48 expected to be availsble for THOR-boosted flight jy Scheduled in June,

1959. Until this system is available for use, the payload equipment, .

in the SENTRY will be powered by a nine pound mercuric oxide~sinc
oan, _The battery will give the equipment an operating life of about

3. Development of the SENTRY/ATIAS primary battery package is
now completed, and qualification testing has begun. ~

4. Plans for the SENTRY/ATIAS solar battery teste in Program I
are proceeding satisfactorily.

B. BIOMEDICAL SUBSYSTEM

1. During July a contract was let for ground support animal
vans to support the biomedical tests planned in Program ITA.

2. Plans were completed for the bio~package assembly f.
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i. BRIEF OF PROGRESS

Flight test objectives have been deterxined for each of the ten
engineering and biomedical test vehicles which comprise Program ITA, There
are presently nine different programs planned in the SENTRY developaent.
The ten SENTRY vehicles of Program IIA will have orbits between 160 and 20
statute miles.

The first THOR-boosted SENTRY test vehicle was moved from manufacturing
to checkout and modification at Tockheed Missile Systems Division. It is to
be moved to the Santa Crus, California test site on 27 August on schedule.

Development of all subsystems is proceeding on schedule.

Construction is proceeding as planned on the tracking and telemetry
stations at Cooke Air Force Base, California; Kaena Point, Oahu, Hawaii;

and Annette Island, Alaska. Initial occupancy at these sites is scheduled
for 15 August.

Fort Stevens, Tongue Point, Oregon, has been approved as the Northwest
tracking site. Recomsendations have been made to use @ bombing range near
Grenier Air Force Base, New Haspshire, for the Northeast site and the
deactivated Naval Air Station at Ottuma, Towa, for the Central site.

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8. A meting was held uith the Corps of Engineers and the Air
Force Installation Representative at Omaha, Nebraska, to consider the
location of a central United States tracking and data acquisition site. The
site selection team started survey activities on 26 May. The Selection Board
will meet on 9 June to select central locations for electronic surveys. It
is tentatively planned to convene the Site Selection Board on 15 July to make
a final decision on the central site location.

9 Review of plans and specifications and award of construction
contract for the interim test tracking station at Annette Island, Alaska, will
be accomplished during June. Completion is scheduled for mid August.

10. An existing aircraft control and warning station at Cape
Chiniek, Kodiak Island, Alaska, is to be ocoupied as an interim test tracking
station. This arrangement will eliminate the need for construction of any
new facilities.

ve PROLUCTION STATUS

The first ARS vehicle is scheduled for shop completion late in
June. The present plan for mamifacture and checkout provides for component
fabrication at Lockheed (IMSD), Van Nuys, California; vehicle assesbly at
IMBD, Sunnyvale,California; subsystem installation, modification ani check-
out et MSD, Palo Alto, California; engine firing and system checkout at
TBD, Santa Crus, Californias and final checkout at Cooke Air Force Base
and the Air Force Missile Test Center.

Vi. QPERATIOMAL CAPABILITY STATUS
a OPERATIONAL PLANNING

Preliminary ‘tional Plan for the ARS published
in Apri and will be rorwarded 10 fesiguartare WEAF for approvals

i 2. 4n ABS Weapon Phasing Group charter was published.

3. ihe Lirst esting of the ARS Weapon System Phasing Group
was held 21 and 22 May. Briefings were presented on the background and

status of the system, the various subsystems, and the content of the ARS
Preliminary Operational Plan. A Communications and Electronics Subcommittee
was established, The Subcommittee was specifically directed to investigate
problems concerning frequency allocations to the ARS program and systen
Yequirenents that dictate the extreme bandwidth in the ground point-to-point
communication system. The Commutications and Electronics Subcommittee will
also investigate any communication and electronic problem which could have

bearing on the ARS program.

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this time. A complete QPRI report will be distributed about 1 Janvary 1959.

J. FACILITIES Data

1, The south Cocke Air Force Base area was selected as the
optimum location for conducting ARS launches, Air Steff approval was
obtained to site two launchers and a dlockhouse for the ARS program in that
area, subject to conformance with the Navy master plan. Naval authorities
at Point Mugu agreed to site the facility as presented by the sir Force.
Launch facility design criteria were reviewed in June.

2. Design criteria for the ATLAS-booster launch complex at
Cooke Air Force Base have been submitted. Architect~engineer contract
avard is scheduled for early in July 1958. an architect-engineer contract
for design of the missile assembly building will be awarded in July.
Modification of existing buildings to Provide an interim assexbly facility
started on 3 June and is scheduled for completion in mid-August 1958,
Construction of launch stands and blockhouses for the THOR-booster launch
Complex at Cooke progressed on schedule. Modification of existing
buildings for an interim missile assembly facility began in June. Mod-
ifications to assembly building E at the Air Force Missile Test Center,
Florida, are scheduled for completion in September 1958,

3. Construction drawings and specifications for an interim
tracking and telemetry station at Cooke have been completed. Construction
will be completed by 15 August and equipment will be installed by 1 November.
Design of the entire station has been initiated and is scheduled for
completion in September 1958,

4. Design criteria for the ARS intelligence interpretation
and dissemination facility were completed and made available for review
during June. This facility will serve as the program control center, as
the collection center for all reconnaissance data obtained from the data
acquisition stations, and as the training center. Construction is
scheduled to start in December 1958, The facility is expected to be ready
for use by the need date, March 1960, The location for the Central
Intelligence Center is unresolved,

5. The site survey teau recommended Fort Stevens, Oregon, for
the site of the northwest United States tracking and data acquisition
station. Electronic surveys indicated the suitability of the area for ARS
Operations. Site Selection Board approval was obtained and recommendations
for the area have been approved by Headquarters, USAF. Design criteria for
this station is being reviewed and a contract for architect-engineer
services for the design will be awarded early in July.

6. Electronic surveys of proposed locations for the northeast
U. S. tracking and data acquisition site were completed on 31 May. At the
meeting of the Site Selection Board on 9 June Sampson Air Force Base, New
York, was selected as the first choice for the northeast site. Permission

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1X, TEST PROGRAM STATUS
A. FLIGHT Tests

1. Both ATLAS and THOR missiles will be used in supvort of the
Air Force Advanced Reconnaissance System (ARS) program. THOR-boosted ARS
vehicles will be primarily for engineering teste of the orbital capability
of the vehicle. Barly ATLAS-boosted ARS vehicles will also be used for
engineering purposes but, unlike the THOR-boosted vehicles, will contain

developmental reconnaissance equipment. These latter vehicles will evolve
into the operationally configured ARS.

2. The First THOR-boosted ARS vehicle is scheduled for completion
in June 1958 and will be launched from Cooke Air Force Base, California in

late 2958. Following this initial flight, one THOR-boosted flight per month
te tentatively echeduled through August 1959.

3. The first ATLAS-boosted flight test of the ARS is scheduled
for mid-1959 from the Air Force Missile Test Center (AFMTC), Florida. The
launchings of subsequent ATLAS-boosted flights will be transferred to Cooke

Air Force Bese. The first ATLAS-boosted flight from Cooke is tentatively
echeduled for March 1960,

3. CAPTIVE Tests

1. A captive cest ARS vehicle for use in the ATLAS-booster test
program ie scheduled for completion in February 1959. This vehicle will be

weed for testing at the Lockheed captive test facility at Santa Crus,
California.

2. THOR-boosted ARS engineering vehicles will not require
captive testing.

Tit. sURSysTENs
A ATBIRAME (Lockheed - System Prime Contractor)

A functional mockup of the airframe of the advanced reconnais-
sance vehicle te nearing completion at the prime contractor's plant. Wind
tunsel modele of the ARS vehicle and the ATLAS booster are shown in Figure 1.
Figures 2 end 3 ere model representations of the ARS vehicle.

3. EMARWEATON (Bell Aircraft Corporation -
Sub-Coutracter to Lockheed)

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6. Formation of an Air Force Bioastronautics Division at
Inglewood, California, was directed on 23 April, The Bioastronautics
Division will function as a subsystem consultant and liaison group for
all biomedical activity in the ARS Program. In conjunction with Lockheed,
Bioastronautics Division prepared a work statement dated 1y May which will
result in a contract to produce five biosatellite recovery capsules for
ARS vehicles. These recovery capsules will permit the launch, orbit, and
recovery of animal subjects. The animals will suffer no irreversible bio-
logical damage. Collection of biological and environmental deta such as
tenperature, humidity, pressures, acceleration, cosmic radiation, weight
lessness, psychological responses, etc., is planned, Mice, rats, and small
primates will be used, ‘The first launch of four mice is programmed for
January 1959, :

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ARS flight tests; a recovery capsule to demonstrate the feasibility of
the system by returning a living anima} from orbit to earth, and a re-

8. All five of the contemplated biosatellite flights will be
launched south from Cooke Air Force Base. With the ground stations planned
for the primary flight objectives of the program, it would be impractical
to recover anywhere except over the Pacific Ocean. It is planned that all
biosatellites will make eighteen orbits with approximately a ninety-minute
period prior to recovery. se-entry trajectories will be initiated over
Alaska, and recovery after re-entry will take place in the vicinity of iiawaii,

9. Studies have been conducted to establish the feasibility of
“drag only" re-entry trajectory using ablation techniques to protect the
basic structure and contents. Preliminary Calculations have shown that this
method is feasible for re-entry. After re-entry is completed, the capsule
should decelerate to its subsonic terminal velocity at about 50,000 feet,
altitude. Below this altitude a reefed parachute will be used to accomplish
further decelerations with low shock loadings, and touchdown on earth will
be at about 20 feet per second,

10. Studies were initiated to determine the relative advantages
of aerial, sea, or land recovery of biosatellites, Currently, indications
favor aerial recovery at approximately 10,000 feet altitude by using a
Over 1500 successful re-

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1. Construction drawings and specifications for the interim
tht Teldaeed for cOneernthte Cosa es ee ete an on la ted
and released for construction. Construction will be completed by 15 August
and equipment will be installed by 1 November. Design of the complete
station has been initiated and is scheduled for completion by 1 September.

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2. Design criteria for the ARS intelligence center ob-G@tuttmker
Sevec-Rase are schediled to be completed and available for review by 15 June.

3. Construction of launch stands and blockhouses for the THOR
booster launch complex at Cooke Air Force Base is progressing on schedule.
Modification of existing buildings for an interim missile assembly facility
will begin early in June.

4. Air Staff spproval was obtained to site two launchers and a
blockhouse for the ARS program in the south Cooke Air Force Base area. Since
the Air Staff approval stated that the siting must conform to the Navy master
plan, the proposed site location was forwarded through Navy channels for
further Navy approval. Tocal Navy authorities at Point Mugu agreed to site
the facility as presented by the Air Force. Launch facility design criteria
review is scheduled for the first week in June.

S. Construction drawings and specifications have been completed
and released for construction of the interim tracking and data acquisition
station at Kaena Point on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, Bids were opened on
9 May, and a construction contract was awarded during the week of 12 May.
Beneficial occupancy date is 15 August, and installation of equipment will
begin at that time. The need date is 1 November. Design of the complete
station has been started and will be completed by 1 September. Construction
of the access road has been completed.

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calculated for each of the subsystems. This information is celng prepared
for distribution in a technical report. A malfunction reporting procedure
has been formated and is being reviewed.

12, The first meting of the ARS Weapon System Phasing Group
was beld in May. Briefings were presented on the background and status of
the over-all: system, the various subsystems, and the content of the ARS
Preliminary Operational Plan. A Commmications and Electronics Sub-
Comuittes was established, This subcommittee was directed to investigate
problems concerning frequency allocations to the ARS program, system

13. The engineering analysis report for the Program III
Pioneer Reconnaissance satellite has been completed and will be published
by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation as a formal engineering report,

B. SATELLITE ATRFRAMG

2. Design of a facility checkout vehicle, formerly identified
as propulsion test vehicle assexbly #3, vas Completed. Structural design
was completed for flight test vehicle nurbers five through ten, and
installation design is well underway.

3. 4 decision to change the fuel used for the main engines
of the ARS vel Cle from JPl/IRFNA to UDMi, a higher energy fuel, pernite
tse of larger payloads in the ARS vehicle,

4. The decision to change to UDMH fuel early in Program IIA
Recessitated some redesign of the vehicle and Propellant tanks,

in addition to changes in the rocket engine itself. Changes include a
lengthened and modified forward mid-bedy for the vehicle; and a redesigned
conical shell, connected fuel and oxidiser tanks, and rearrangement of
plumbing for the propellant tanks. Design effort was initiated for a
recoverable capsule under development by the General Electric Company.

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WEAPON SYSTEM 1171 PROGRAM STATUS REPORT
For Period 15 April to 31 May 1958
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ATR FOROE BALZIBTIO MISSI DIVISTOM
HEADQUARTERS

41R RESEARCH AMD DEVELOPMENT COMQUND
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Figure 1, 1/75th scale wind tunnel model of WS 1171 vehicle mounted on
ATLAS booster and 1/48th scale of vehicle and ATLAS mating
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WEAPON SYSTEM 117L PROGRAM STATUS REPORT
For Quarter Ending 30 June 1958
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I. BRIEF OF PROGRESS

Development of the THOR-boosted advanced reconnaissance system (ARS)
Vehicle scheduled for launch from Cooke Air Force Base late in 1958 was on
schedule. System installation design milestones were achieved,

Reprogramming directives for THOR-boosted flights placed emphasis as
&@ secondary objective upon collection of geophysical research data and
development testing of a recoverable biosatellite capsule. The
objective of flight testing the ARS vehicle and the Sround-space commmnication
network was unchanged, To obtain the new secondary objectives, the ARS
vehicle was redesigned for lighter weight. A decision to change the fuel used
for the main engines of the ARS vehicle to an unsynmetrical di-methyl
bydrazine/inhibited red fuming nitric acid combination (UDMH/TRFWA), a higher
energy fuel, permitted planning for use of larger payloads in the ARS vehicle,
Tt is planned to phase in the UDMi engina in the #5 flight test vehicle,

Design of the auxiliary power subsystem for flight was completed
and De tion designs were started for
to the ARS

Ferret equipment programs. A program to provide infrared radiation measure-
ments was undertaken, High-altitude balloon flights to obtain infrared power
ground measurements in the 2.7 micron region were successfully completed.

A contract was awarded to provide for design and implementation of the
intelligence data handling subsystem for the ARS.

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DISTRIBUTION

Headquarters, United States‘Air Force
Commander, air Research and Development. Command
Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Air Command
Ballistic Missile
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Iv. FACILI’

A. INDUSTRIAL

1. During April, construction of the toet base of the Lockheed
Missile System Division at Santa Cruz, California was completed, Installation
of the test instrumentation in the components test laboratory at this base was
also completed during che month. The first tests on the ARS Propulsion system
components have been conducted at the test facility. The status of the
construction underway at this facility as of 18 March is shown in Figure 5.

2. The foundations of the static test stands and blockhouse for
the ARS program at Santa Cruz have been poured, Installation of the test
stand superstructure and instrumentation has begun. Construction contracts
have been rescheduled to permit hot firings on the test stand by 15 June 1958.

The status of the test stand and blockhouse construction as of 18 March is
shown in Figure 6.

B.  MELETARY CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM

1. Design criteria modifications to launch complex 75-3, Sites 4
and 5, at Cooke Air Force Base have been established. This complex will be
used for launching THOR-boosted ARS test vehic The complex will consist
of two launch stands, one blockhouse, and one ‘ile support center. This
facility is now under construction. The foun‘ation for the blockhouse has
been poured, and the support center is being designed. Construction and
{nstrumentation of the launcher are scheduled for completion by October 1958
in preparation for an ARS launching in late 1958.

2. Siting and design of an ATLAS-boosted ARS launch complex in
the Cooke Air Force Base area is in Progress. A site in the south Cooke Air
Force Base area has bi found that will satisfy the site criteria, Beadquar-
ters USAF has been requested to obtain approval of the site in this tri-service
controlled area. Criteria for the launch complex will be completed in 25 April,
and the design will be completed in October, The complex will consist of two
launch stands, one blockhouse, and one missile support center, It ie antici-
pated that construction of the complex will be completed by October 1959 in
Preparation for an ARS launching in March 1960.

3. The design criteria for the modification of the service tower
on the ATLAS launch complex #14 at AFNIC are ready, This complex will be
modified during fiscal year 1959 by Convair and Lockheed for use in the ARS
Program in Juna 1959,

4. Siting of test tracking stations for the ARS program at Cooke
Air Force Base and Keena Point on the Lelend of Oehu, Hawaii, hava been com
pleted. The construction of an access road to the Keena Point site is io
Progress. A tracking, control, and telemetry station will be bute at each
of these two locations. At each station, a portion has been desiqned for
tee during the first year of operation. Construction of these portions will
etart in May 1958. Theee interim facilities will constet of one 60-feet

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C, —-AUXILLARY_ POWER

1. Contracts related to the auxiliary power subsystem for the
ARS vehicle have been awarded to the Eagle Picher Company and the Hoffman
Company. The Eagle Picher Company will supply non-chargeable storage bat-
teries for use with THOR-boosted, guided flights. The Hoffman contract is
for development, fabrication, and testing of prototype photovoltaic solar
arrays. These arrays will provide solar energy to charge storage batteries
used to power various vehicle components.

2. Magotiations are underway with Engineered Magnetics Company
for a supply of ARS vehicle inverters and voltage regulators to be used on
TROR-boosted flights. Modifications have been made to similar components
for use on ATLAS-boosted flights.

A Light-weight all-inertial guidance subsystem is being
developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to guido the ARS
vehicle into orbit and to stabilize its position with reference to the
earth while in orbit. Plans call for the firet test flight of the subsystem
using at ATLAS booster in early 1961.

The firet successful measurements of infrared radiation from
fatercontinental ballistic missiles were made from a 3-47 during the flight
of ATLAS miseile 15A. These measurements were the first in a series to
determine what an ICBM would look like to s satellite borne infrared scanner
during the power and altitude stages of the missile trajectory. This sub-
syatem ie being designed to give early warning of an enemy ICBM attack as

well as other deta. A mockup of the infrared reconnaissance scanner is
shown in Figure 4. -

¥. GROW Sick COMETMIcATIONS (Philco Corporation -
Sub-Contractor to Lockheed)

1. The requirements for tracking and acquisition sites necessary
for obtaining date from the TEOR-boosted ARS vehicle launchings from Cooke
Air Porce Base have been established. A totel of five tracking and acquisition
atatione will be required. One station will be provided at Cooke, and a down-
range tracking station provebly will be located in the vicinity of Oxnard,
California, Of the remataing three stations, one will be in Mewaii and two
ia Alaska. One Alecks station will be located in the Anchorage area; the
other will be in the Sitha eres.

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Inglewood, The Bioastronautics
Division will function as a subsystem consultant and liaison group for all
biomedical activity in ARS. In conjunction with Lockheed, Bioastronautics
Division prepared a work statement dated 1) May which will result in a
contract to produce five Biosatellite Recovery Capsules (BRC) for ARS
vehicles. These BRC will permit the launch, orbit, and recovery of animal
subjects. The animals will suffer no irreversible biological damage.
Collection of biological and environmental data such as temperature,
homidity, pressures, acceleration, cosmic radiation, weightlessness,
psychological responses, etc., will be assured. Mice, rate, and small
ean a95. ee The first launch of four mice is programed for
january 6

2. During May the Qualitative Personnel Requirements Information
- (QPRI) program for ARS progressed satisfactorily. A list of assumptions were
formated, approved, and forwarded to IMBD for inclusion in a QPRI report
due on 30 June. Coordination, review, and approval of the report for pub- :
lication will be accomplished during the first week in June. This report will
be time-phased for an operational date of early 1961 for the Pioneer visual
and Pioneer Ferret subsystems. ‘The northeast and northwest operational
oie and acquisition stations be operated by military personnel

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AIR FORCE BALLISTIC MISSILE DIVISION
MRADQUARTERS

ATR RESEARCH AND DEVELCTIENIT COOOIAND
UVaited States Air Force
Post Offi: Box 262
Inglewood, California

worc 23 april 1958

WEAPON SYSTEM 117L PROGRAM STATUS REPORT
As of 15 April 1958
RCS AP-XDD-A2

This is che first monthly status report for the Advanced
Reconnaissance System, Weapon System 117L. The report covers the
pertod from 15 March to 15 April 1958. The WS 117L Development
Plan, submitted to Headquarters USAF in late March, was dated as
of 15 March, Since che Development Plan contains the details of
the ARS program, this report assumes general knowledge of the
syetem.on the part of ali recipients.

hall Dechy

B. A. SCHRIEVER
Major General, USAF
Commander

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Visual reconnaissance Payload mockup,

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Program I
Program IIA
Program IT
Program III
Program IV
Program V
Program VI
Program VII
Program VIII

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ADVANCED RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEM
GLOSSARY

ATLAS=boosted Engineering Prototype Test
Engineering Test and Biomedical Program
Pioneer Visual Reconnaissance Program
Pioneer Electronic Reconnaissance Program
Advanced Visual Reconnaissance Program
Advanced Electronic Reconnaissance Program
Visual Surveillance Program

Infrared Surveillance Program

Electronic Surveillance Program

ATLAS and THOR Missiles

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263 1b sec/lb vacuum specific impulse;
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277 1b sec/lb vacuum specific impulse;
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HEADQUARTERS
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United States Air Force
Post Office Box 262
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WDPC 8 July 1958

WEAPON SYSTEM 117L PROGRAM STATUS REPORT
Quarter Ending 30 June 1958
RCS AF-XDD~A2

FOREWORD

This report summarizes the progress made in the Advanced
Ee eet System program during the period 1 April through
30 June 1958.



DISTRIBUTION

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» Air Research and Developeent Command

'» Strategic Air Commend
Commander, Air Command
Arny Ballistic Missile
Ballistic Missiles Office (Hq ANC)
Assistant CINCSAC (SAC MIKE)
Air Foros Ballistic Missile Division (Hq ARDC)

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WEAPON SYSTEM 117L PROGRAM STATUS REPORT

For Quarter Ending 30 June 1958
RCS AP-~XDD.A2

Prepared by
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AIR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMAND
United States Air Force

Post Office Box 262
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diameter TLM-18 telemetry antenna and receiver building, a tracking radar,
and associated structures. The interim facilities will be needed by

1 November 1958. The complete station will have, in addition to the interim
facility, one 60-foot diameter ultra high frequency (UHF) telemetry antenna
and receiver building (Cooke only), an administration and data proc
building (Cooke only), a 10-foot diameter angle tracker, a 6-foot diameter
vehicle commend transmitting antenna, and associated structures. The
complete facilities will be needed by October 1959.

5. Van-mounted tracking and transmitting facilities will be
provided for use in Alaska by 1 November 1958.

6. Siting of ARS tracking and reconnaissance data acquisition
stations in the northeast, northwest, and central areas of the United States
is in progress. The criteria for the intercept, control, and data acquisition
stations for each of these three locations will be complated in June 1958, and
the design will be started in June and July. The sitas will be selected in
May and June. Each of these stations will consist of one VHF and two UHF
telemetry antennas 60 feet in diameter, three telemetry receiver buildings,

a 10-foot diameter angle tracker, @ 6-foot diameter vehicle command trans-
witter, interstation communications buildings, and associated structures.
The facilities in the northeast and northwest areas will be needed by
March 1960, and the station in the Central United States will be needed in
January 1961.

7. An intelligence interpretation and dissemination facility
will be located at Headquarters, Strategic Air Command, Offutt Air Force Base.
This facility will serve as the program contro] center, as collection center
for all reconnatesance data obtained from the data acquisition stations, aad
ae the training center. Criteria for the facility are being developed, and
design will begin in June 1958. Construction is scheduled to start in
December 1958, and the facility will be ready for use by the time it is
needed in March 1960.

8. A facility to house laboratory equipment and instrumentation
for the analysis of technical information wiil be buile at Wright-Patterson
Air Force Base. The criteria have been develcped. The facility will be
needed by March 1960.

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In addition to battery power, the use of solar power for the
irecking besoons is being considered for Program 11A flighte. Design effort

C. VISUAL RROOMMATARANCE
The breadboard mode? of the visual reconnaissance for
the AHS program was demonstrated at Eastaan Kodak Laboratories on April.
Included were airborne equipment and equipment for. recording data at the
ground station. The airborne portion consisted of the camera, the processor,
and the readout s mechanism operating in series. The ground

Dd. IUPRARED
Because B-)7 aircraft are being used to obtain measurements of
infrared (IR) radiation from ICBMs, the emergency grounding of all Balj?”
type aircraft has halted the Infrared Measurements program through oo
The program vill measure rediation from all ICBMs to be launched at air
Force Missile Test Center. Additional detailed information is being acquired

z TUTELLIGENCE DATA HANDILING

4 contract with the Ramoeiooldridge Corporation provides for the
Gesign and ir; lementation of the intelligence data handling system for the
advanced reconnaissance satellite. Major subcontracts were negotiated by
RW in this period with ITEK Corporation for the major optical asseablies
and devices; Broadview Research Corporation for photo interpretation keys”
and equipment requirements; Systems Laboratories Corporation for geodetic.
calculations and spplications; and Planning Researeh Corporation for :
cation of their intelligence parameter work. A motually agreeable
relationship with Lockheed has been achieved to insure the coordination of
effort and the timely and orderly exchange ef information fer the
most expeditious development of the total system, To the Air Fores



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3. Negotiations were underway with Engineered Magnetics
Company for a supply of ARS vehicle inverters and voltage regulators to
be used on THOR-boosted flights. Modifications have been made to similar
Components for use on ATLAS-boosted flights,

4. In addition battery power, the use of solar power for
the tracking beacons is being bonsidered for Program ITA flights. Design
effort is being coordinated wi! temperatura, efficiency, and Power require.
ment studies to determine how the Solar power Collectors can be incorporated
into the Program IIA flight vehicles as soon as possible.

gE. SATELLITE GUIDANCE AND CONTROL SYSTEM
ne NIROL SYSTEM
1

guidance system is beiug developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Teche
nology to guide the ARS vehicle into orbit and to stabilize its position
with reference tc the earth while in orbit. The pian calls for the first
test flight of the production system using an ATLAS booster early in 1961,

2. Arrangements have been completed to provide the initial
upiis of the essential guidance and control hardware for the ARS/THOR
combination. The equipment will include both the planned and the back-up
inertial reference package,

F, SATELLITES RECONNAISSANCE DEVICES
———— ns DEVICES
VISUAL ReCONNAISSANCR
ee ASSOANCE

i activity in the interim visual reconnaissance Program, the ,
original objective of Program ITA, was terminated, °

airborne equipment and equipment for recording data at the ground station,
The airborne portion consisted of the Camera, the precessor, and the read
out scanning mechanism Operating in series, The ground portion was a
Separate un: t with a complete seadout devizd Scanning similated photography
which was displayed on the Ground reconstraction device,

3e The
and collimator for testing were delivered ir. May to the Eastman Kodak
Company, This lens is planned for the advanced visual progran, Prelin-

inary tests indicate that design requirements of 100 lines/mm resolution
have been met,

4, The visual Teconnaissance payload mockup, is illustrated in

Figure 4,

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ELECTRONIC RECOMIATSSANCE

1. During June, the Soviet radar catalogue was revised to
Ainclade the latest inputs from the intelligence community. A study on
Soviet block telemetry was completed. The study incorporates a tabulation
of currently available characteristics of Soviet telemetry systems.

Laboratory, the electronic reconnaissance subsystem contractor, on both
the interim Pioneer and Pioneer Ferret equipment programs. Major sub-
assemblies were designed and design criteria on the interim Pioneer sub-
system were completed.

DFRARED RECONNAISSANCE

1. The first successful measurements of infrared radiation
from intercontinental ballistic missiles were made from Bel? aircraft
the flight of ATLAS 154, These measurements were the first in a series to
determine how an ICBM appears to a aatellite-borne infrared scanner during
the nower and altitude stages of the missile trajectory. The infrared
scanning system is being designed to give early warning of an enemy ICBM
attack as well as other data,

2. Efforts to obtain infrared radiation measurements, halted
temporarily by the emergency grounding of all B-Ij7 aircraft, were resumed
late in June. The program provides for measuring radiation from al] ICBMs
to be launched at the Air Force Missile Test Center. Additional detailed
information is being acquired from a similar measurement program which has
already produced very successful results, This information indicates that
infrared radiation from ICBMs may be mich greater than previously estimated.
Data from one ATLAS flight and one VANGUARD flight indicated that
equipment was saturated with infrared radiation at a range of 600 miles.

3. The series of high-altitude balloon flights planned for
obtaining infrared-power ground measurements in the 2.7 micron region has
been successfully completed, and a final report has been submitted. Prepar-
ations are underway for making additional flights to take measurements in
the 3 to 5 micron regions of the spectrum, The infrared detector in these
measurements will be the Eastman Kodak lead-selenide cell, cooled to dry~ice
temperature. In carrying out the comprehensive program of evaluating all
possible detectors for use in the ARS infrared subsystem, measurements have
been completed on 12 uninmersed lead sulphide cells supplied by Electronic
Corporation of America and 12 lead sulphide cells supplied by Infrared
Industries Incorporated.

G. COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
1. Development of Ground-space communications progressed
throughout this quarterly reporting period. Preliminary tests were

Completed on the S-band beacon and a preliminary commmnication plan for
Program IIA was drawn up. Design for orbit antennas to be used for

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2. Pr Control Telemetry and Data tion Facilities

Be Construction of interim tracking and telemetry
facilities at Cooke Air Force Base on schedule. Initial occupancy is

de Construction of interim tracking and telemetry
facilities at the Hawaii site is on schedule, ani initial occupancy is
programmed for 15 August. Design of permanent facilities has been
completed, and construction uill begin in August. See Figures 7 and 8.

Ce Construction of the tracking station on Annette
Island, Alaska, began in July. The contract was let on 3 July. Initial
occupancy is scheduled for 15 August. _

d. Use of Fort Stevens, Tongue Point, Oregon, for the
Northwest tracking and acquisition station has been approved by Headquarters
USAF. Design criteria have been approved, and the architect-engineer
selected, Design will commence in August,

f. The deactavated Naval Air Station at Ottwma, Iowa,
has been recomended by the Site Selection Board as the site for the
Central development and operational tracking station, Approval. will be

3. Commmnications and Logistic Support

a. The administrative and date communications system
interconnecting the seven SENTRY R&D sites is being installed by commercial
commmication contractors,

C. At present, all commmication and logistic support
schedules are in consonance with the SENTRY flight test sthedules

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«ss igence iaterpretation cad dissemination facility will be
eataklished at Headquarters, Strategic Air Coemand, Offutt Air Force Base,
to serve as the program control center, collection center, and training

data
& facility to house equipment for the analysis of technical informatica
will be constructed et Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Obio, for use by
Mareh 1960.

A teletype from Headquarters USAF requested a revision of the Financial
Annex (Section III) of the ARS Development Plan, dated 15 March 1958, from
214 million to 152 million dollers. It also requested thet the program remain

flexible. Major revisions of program objectives will have to be made if a
reduction of this magnitude takes plece in the fund progres.

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Systeme Division, Santa Crus Test Base.
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Program IIT
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' ADVANCED RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEN
GLOSSARY

ATLAS~boosted Engineering Prototype Test
Engineering Test ani Biomedical Progran
Pioneer Visual Recormaissance Program
Pioneer Electronic Reconnaissance Progran
Advanced Vieual Reconnaissance Progran
Advanced Electronic Reconnaissance Progran
Infrared Surveillance Progran

Electronic Surveillance Program

ATLAS and THOR Missiles

XIRB1-Be-3, 15,150<1b thrust engines pump=fed;
263 Ib se0/ib vacuum specific impulse;
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DISTRIBUTION LIET

Advanced Research Projects Agency (lir. Gise)
Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence (L/C Kemp)

Directorate of Research & Development, DCS/D
(Brig Gen Boushey)

Directorate of Budget (Mr. Lew Meyer)

Assistant for Development Programming, DC8/D
(Col J. T. Stewart)

Directorate of Procurement & Production, DCS/i
(Col Cavnar)

Directorate of Comsunications-Electronics, DCS/O
(laj White) .

Directorate of Programs, DCS/PAP (Maj Kincaid)
Directorate of Operations, DCS/O (Maj 8. C. Brown)


1. SMS

The firet flight test of the Air Peres Reconnsisesace System (ARS.
vehicle will be condueted from Gooke Air Feros bases California in late rrr
with a TWOR-hoested ARS vehiéle.

The first flight test of an ATLAS-becsted ARS vehicle is scheduled for
mid-1959 from the Air Force Missile Test Center (ANMTC), Florida. ‘The first
AmAp boosted flight from Cooke Air Force Base is tentatively scheduled for
March 1960,

A captive test ARS vehicle, for use in the ATLAS-booster test progran,
ie scheduled for completion in February 1959. It will undergo testing at
the Lockheed Missile Systems Division test base at Santa Crus, California.
The test facility wes completed during April.

A functional mockup of the airframe of the ARS vehicle is nearing
completion at Lockheed Aircraft Corporation.

The Eagle Picher Company has been awarded a contract for supplying
non-chargeable storage batteries for use with ARS THOR-boosted guided
flights.

The Hoffman Company has been awarded a contract for development,
fabrication, and testing of prototype photovoltaic solar arrays. The arrays
will use solar energy to charge the storage betteries of the vehicle.

A light-weight, all-inertial guidance subsystem is being developed by
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Present plans call for the first
flight of the subsystem in early 1961.

Successful measurements of infrared radiation from an intercontinental
ballistic missile were made during the flight of ATLAS miseile 15A. The
measurements were taken to determine how an ICBM appears to a satellite-

borne infrared scanner during the power and altitude stages of the missile
trajectory.

Five tracking and acquisition stations for data collection from ARS
launchings will be required. stations probably will be located in the
vicinities of Cooke Air Force Ba: Oxnard, California; Kaena Point, Hawaii;
Anchorage, Alaska; and Sitks, Alaska.

Design modifications to launch complex 75-3 at Cooke Air Force Base
are completed. This complex will be used for launching THOR-boosted vehicles.
Siting and design of a launch complex for ARS ATLAS-boosted vehicles at AFMTC
are in progress. Design criteria have been established for modiZications of
the ATLAS launch complex $14 service tower.

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in the newly completed propulsion test assembly. The entire propulsion
system (composed of prototype components, except for boiler plate tanks)
underwent hot firing tests. The second engine was assigned for installation
in propulsion test vehicle assembly #1. Three hot firings wire conducted on
the prototype system. The first firing was cut off by the ground safety
equipment because of gas generator flame-out due to faulty installation pro-
cedures. ‘The second was successful and was shut down, by command, after
seven seconds. Engine performance was satisfactory. A third hot-firing of
12 seconds duration also was successful. However, pump inlet pressures were
greater than specified, and the cause is being investigated. Analysis of
data from these firings is still in progress. Preliminary results indicate
that objectives were obtained. The gimbal-sounted engine is shown in
Figure 2. ‘The static firing test stands and the instrumentation blockhouse
at the Santa Cruz Test Base are shown in Figure 3.

2. ‘Twenty-two significant propulsion test assembly (PTA) cold-
flow tests were performed to date at the Santa Crus Test Base. Testing
revealed no difficulty with suction pressure during the starting transients.
It was found that helium line pressure drops were higher than the calculated
design figure and additional test instrumentation was installed to determine
the cause of this discrepancy.

3. To increase satellite-vehicle rocket~engine performance,
an unsymmetrical di-methyl hydrazine/inhibited red fuming nitric acid
(UDMH/TRFWA) propellant combination will be introduced early in the flight
test program to replace the JP-)/:RFNA combination planned for use in the
initial THOR-boosted ARS flights. The first UDMH engine, a modified JP-4
engine, has been tested. A satisfactory run of 17 seconds has been
completed. .

DB. AUXILIARY POWER SUBSYSTEM

: 1. ‘The design of the auxiliary power subsystem (APS) for the
firat ARS flight vehicle has been completed and all drawings have been
released. An analysis of the electrical load requirements has been
completed. Because of the number of battery units to be carried in Flight 1,
the severly limited total life of the APS is estimated at 20 hours. The
total Flight 1 battery capacity is limited to two silver peroxide zinc
batteries (Type II) for a total weight of 52 pounds. The total installed
auxiliary power subsystem weight for Flight 1 is 12h pounds.

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WEAPON SYSTEM 117L PROGRAM STATUS REPORT
Ae of 15 April 1958
RCS AF-XDD-A2

Prepared by
AIR FORCE BALLISTIC MISSILE DIVISION

HRADQUARTERS
AIR RESEARCH AMD DEVELOPMENT COMMAND
United States Air Force
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WEAPON SYSTEM 1171, PROGRAM STATUS REPORT
For Month Ending 32 July 1958
RCS DD-SD(M) 2h2

AIR FORGE BALLISIIC MISSILE DIVISION
HEADQUARTERS

ATR RESRARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMAND
United States Air Force
Post Office Box 262
» California

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WEAPON SYSTEM 1171 PROGRAM STATUS REPORT
For Quarter Ending 30 June 1958
RCS AF-1D..42

TI. TOPICAL suMmaRY
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a. GENERAL

2. Work on the first THOR-boosted ARS vehicle continued
generally on schedule throughout this quarterly reporting Period, and system
installation design milestones were successfully achieved, Thie vehicle, due
for completion in June, will be Completed early in July, It will be launched
from Cooke Air Force Base late in 1958, Following this initial flight, one

sted flight per month is tentatively scheduled through August 1959,

launchings from AFMTC, subsequent ATLAS~boos ied flights will be
transferred to Cooke Air Force Base. The first ATLAS-boosted flight from
Cooke is tentatively scheduled for March 1960,

L.A captive test ARS vehicle for use in the ATLAS~booster
test program is scheduled for completion in February 1959, This vehicle

5. Instructions issued in March redirected the secondary
objective of THOR-boosted ARS flights. The Secondary objective of these
flights, which Comprise the early Program IIA Phase of the overall ARS
program, originally emphasized Pioneer Visual Teconnaissance. The new
directives shifted the emphasis as a Secondary objective from @ visual

this program, The first flight is planned for Novenber 2958. 11 launches
Will be made from Cooke dir Force Base, with the objectives of achieving a
Polar orbit at 160 to 225 statute miles altitude, depending on payload and

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to survey Sampson Air Force Base was denied, howsver, and an electronic
survey team was directed to make additional surveys of possible sites,

property at Togus, Maine, and the New Boston Range, New Hampshire, as
possible locations. The Board is scheduled to meet again on 7 July to
decide upon a firm site, Ottumwa, Iowa, and Fort Crowder, Missouri, were
selected for possible use as the Central U. 8. tracking and data acquisition
station. These surveys will start on 7 July,

> 7. Construction drawings and specifications have been completed
and released for construction of the interim tracking and data acquisition
station at Kaena Point on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii, & construction
contract was awarded in May. Beneficial Occupancy date is 15 August, and

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1 September. Access Yoad construction is Complete. Need date for the
complete station is 1 October 1959,

a. An existing aircraft control and warning station at Cape
Chiniak, Kodiak Island, Alaska will be used as an auxiliary test tracking
station. This arrangement will eliminate the need for construction of new
facilities in that area.

9. A construction contract for the auxiliary test tracking
station at Annette Island, Alaska, will be awarded in July. Completion is
scheduled for mid-August, Need date for this facklity is 1 November 1958.

10. A facility to house laboratory equipment and instrumentation
for analysis of technical information will be built at Wright-Patterson Air

Force Base. Criteria for the facility, which will be needed by March 1960,
has been developed,



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WOPC 8 august 1958

WEAPON SYSTEM 117L PROGRAM STATUS REPORT

For Month Ending 31 Ji
" mS 1-S0(0) 2

FOREWORD

This is the fourth report to ARPA on the activities in the

Weapon System 117L program. report summarises program progress
during. the month of July and be consolidated with August and
September information for in a formal quarterly report
as of 30 Septenber.

The SENTRY program has progressed satisfactorily and is on
schedule.

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WEAPON SYSTEM 117L PROGRAM STATUS REPORT

For Month
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m, TOPICAL SUMMARY
4. = FLIGHT TEST PROGRAM

1. Flight test objectives for Program IIA flights (see
Glossary) have been determined as follows:

Orbit Altitude

2. The detailed test plan for the first SENTRY flight vehicle
is being prepared. Flight test objectives for Program I (see Glossary)
have been published. System test objectives for Program IT are being
developed. -

i Flight Wo. Statute Miles Flight Objectives
; 1 225 Engineering Tests
i 2 190 Engineering Tests
i 3-4 us Biomedical Experiments
i 5e749 2h0 Engineering Tests
| 68a 0 160 Biomedical Experiments

3 The first THOR-boosted flight test vehicle entered the
modification and checkout division of Lockheed Missile Systems Division on
14 July. This was 5 days later than scheduled; however, the modification
and checkout schedule has been stepped-up to allow shipment of the vehicle
to the Santa Crus, California test base on 27 August as originally planed.

5. SATELLITE AIRFRAME SURSYSTEM

1. Final design of the first two flight SENTRY vehicles has
been completed.

2. ‘The completion of the flight test objectives plan for
Program ITA, noted above permits equipment installation design to proceed
on the remaining SENTRY, vehicles.

3. In the propellant tank program, the spun aluminum tanks
were successfully pressure tested. They were then instelled in propulsion
test vehicle assemblies #1 and #2.and in flight test vehicles #1 and #2.
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ARTERS UNITED STATES AIR YORCE
WASSINGTON 25, D. C.

arcoy: 18 June 1958
MEMORANDUM FOR DISTRIBUTION:

SUBJECT: Textual Error, WS-117L P: Stat rt
For Period 15'april to 31 May 1958 (uy"

ny Your attention is called to ooh error Tee rrias, in
subject report, on Page 5, paragr: ° words “at
Offutt Air Force Base” should be deleted, inasmuch as
the Site Survey Board has not completed its work nor
made its report, and also the SAC Preliminary Operations
Plan, which suggested said site, has not been approved
by Headquarters USAF.

Colonel, USAF

Chief, Special Projects Division

Office, Assistant Chief of Staff
for Guided Missiles

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