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1. What is the extent of the MOL program at VAFB? Costs? Schedules? 

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worked out. Since this phase is not yet completed, precise information on schedules, costs, etc. cannot be provided.. However, 

uLLw4-4ils el4rnt planning garr4Ang MCA at VA,ndonor, 

Wo are planning to build an initial launch capability (ILC) at 

Vandonborg AFL. This will consist of one pad where the vehicle will 

be built up on the pad. $18 million wasProvided in this year's (FY 

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Negotiations are underway for the purchase of land for the ILC. 

A request for contractor proposals for ILC site preparation was 

issued on Jan 14, 1966; $2,200,000 will be available for this purpos 

We anticipate a launch capability from the ILC in mid-1968. 

YOL manned launches will be flown from the WTR. There areat least 

five manned launches in the presently conceived program. 

Any early unmanned launches to test such things as the Gemini 

boat shield containing a hatch will begin late this year or early 

1967 from the ETR. Those would use Titan IIIC vehicles from the 

current vehicle development program. 

2. Why don't the manned launches go from Cape Kennedy? 

ANSWER: .MOL plans include launches into high inclination orbits. 

Such orbits favor WTR launches. In order to avoid flying over 

riopulated areas of Florida when launching into polar orbit from the 

Ti, the vehicle must perform a dog-log maneuver. This requires 

expenditure of additional energy meaning that payload weight must be 

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iol,erflights of land areas with space boosters only when statistical 

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3. What other plans are in the mill for Titan III at the Cape -- 

3n982 definite and contemplated. 

) 7 ANSWER: It should be understood that at neither the Eastern Test 

Range nor the Western Test Range are the Titan III launch pads 

confined solely to a single program. At the ETR the Titan IIIC will 

• continue to support programs during and following the research and 

development phase. Among these are Communication and Nuclear Test 

Detection Satellites. The Titan III facility at the WTR has been 

under review for three years. It will be capable of supporting a 

• number of military space programs. The Titan IIIC was conceived 

to be the workhorse space booster for planned and potential programs 

,for many years to come. We have no intention of vacating the Titan 

facilities at the ETR. Similarly, the WTR facilities are considered 

necessary for achieving polar orbits without loss of payload or 

clanger to populated areas. 

Where will mission control be located for in-flight control 

of MOL flights? How much will this facility cost? When will it be 

built? 

ANSWER: Air Force Satellite Test Center, Sunnyvale, Calif. The 

facility is already in being with all the capability required for 

MOL except for equipment needed for the manned aspects of the 

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5. ..n-Ly not a 156 inch solid booster for Titan =IC instead of 

the complex at WTR? What by a comparison of dollar value in this 

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combinations, launch sites, etc., were conducted. It was decided 

that the Titan IIIC with seven segment solid motors was the best 

booster from an overall cost effectiveness basis for the VIOL 

program as now conceived. 

6. What security measures can be taken at WTR that are unavailable 

at ETR? 

ANSWER: None. However, security appears easier to maintain at the 

WTR. 

7. Is it true that NASA has offered to sell the Air Force six 

Saturn 1B launch vehicles to launch early MOL's, and guaranteeing 

a polar orbit from Cape Kennedy? 

ANSWER: We have received no such proposal from NASA. 

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