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Overall General 

Program Director: 

Vice Director: 

1. Quarterly Summary of Operations. 

a. No CORONA missions vrere flowfl cluri 

1972 bw systems were in a reser'Ve status R- s. 

are now scheduled for flight in April and May 197~~. 

b. The second launch of Project HEXAGON 

Reentry capsules were recovered on 26 Janu3.,ry 

1972. 

c. Project GAMI3IT, Mission ltJ34, "las 

March 1972. The first reentry vehicle "\tras 

wIth the second one scheduled for 10 April 1972. 

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e. Project SIGINT successfully launched a 

satellj.te OL ;:20 ,January 1972. 

fe The following vehicles launched in previous 

operating as of 31 March 1972: 

('le 

4L~21 

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srrRAWMAN III 

srrRAwfvIAN IV 

TRI?OS IV/ 

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Program Director: ~Brig G'en I.!f:}l ~ Jr 11 

Project Director: Col H. 3. Stel1ing~ J~ 

1. Overview. 

a. Launches. 

There \{ere no STHAWMAN launches durIng this qW:Lrter. 

b. On-Orbit Vehicles. 

(1) STRA.I{MAN 3 (2736). 

STHAWMAN 3 operation was terminated 7 F'ebruary 

last remainir:\g~ good battery started cycling 3C ,January 1972; 

the vehicle bus could not support the command programmer, and 

vIas disabled on Hev. 8110 at Cook, 1635 PST, after completing 

operation. 

(2) STRAWNUliT 3 (2737). 

(a) STHAWIvIfu"iJ 4 completed 248 days of operation 8.5 of 

21 March 1972., ~jlhe vehj-<:,:le continues to opera sueeess 

Electroni.c Order of Battle (EOB) mode. The vehicle has not 

in the Technical Intelligence (TI) mode since 

the second Data Storage Unit (DSU) failed. 

(b) The two primary payloads) Reaper (1800 and 3 

and Thresher (12'5 to ~~lOO MHz)) have complets capability 

and EOB modes; however) the TI mode has not been used sinee the lure of DSU if 1, but could be reactivated by opera'Ling in a real time 

mode should there be a [opecific requirement for further 

nal analysis. 'Fhere have been more than 360) em:L j" 

by Reaper to date and more than 120)000 by Thresher. 

( c) fEhe HARVESfJ:ER payload (2 to 12 GHz) has; a 

(8 to 12 MHz) ca:;Jabil:L by only. fJ:ihere conttnues to be a mechan'i 

straint that limits the antenna posi ti ve roll to 40 (instead of plus 

300 ) . TherE: are no ret3trictioru:; in antenna pitch (T~O) m' 'in 

roll (minus 30°). '2he antenna restriction has not li.m.ited the number 

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Detailed arrangements concerning accesses, visits, courier sUIJport 

for returning payload and facility turnover 11 be included in an 

OPI in coordination with SP-7 and the Agency. 

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t. Program Number Changes. 

The following SIGINT and I R pro9ram numbvl: change's wen"' 

2ffected this quarter: 

770 -

These numbers chang0.d to keep missions ass()(~, 

IVledia and other source's w(?:re beginning to 

about the associated activity. 

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Maj LevI Allen; Jr. 

H. B. ) Jr. 

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e.OfltIr111es t .. CJ 

(EOn) mode. 

days of operation 

in 

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1971. ~:.j~J_C(:,·~::ssfj~.llly c:ol~ple~~ed t11e 

operate successfully 

spacecraft has not 

since 19 November 

fifth yavl maneuver 31 

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on 1 ~Ili'-)Y ".)~ l cr;- 7'J c...... il1hp 1- '-..... cpac-'e ~::)" ." -

s forv:ard and .lehe Harvester 

spacecraft:. looking forvard. DiJYi.ng 

on 1972. 

ceraft reached 6c;O be~~a jon an atteml)t 

proLlems d' . .:<X'ing this reporting period: 

degradecl in output; R'2volutlons 

was ;:;electfC'rl on Revoe this lure;; a.nd 

'7 T, 1J·'· ':) 1 , r.J tA- H.... __ ) the veh1cle lost modudUI'111g a 130SS lJ(.l;';S 4 ]:}1E;: Ilr(Jl}lcm vlas 

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vIas placed in a f:Lxed posi tj,OL, .3 and 

ontimize for general search mode. Subject 

successful as well as cons power. 

a me 

or 

STHAwWu~ SGLS-AGE vas installed :Lnthe 

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time the Harvester videband data. rThe 'wideband recorder was :1 L 

the by~ 2iSS mode and as a tran2,ponder 'co transmit lv1GS 

(3-1:2 GHzwideband data. 

e. I 

f. lTll.ere "\\'ere fOlll~ time-crl tical reporting (TCR) missions d1 .. rrinf 

th.h, perj.,od. 

l'U'ea 

Iv1illboaro East Germany & Russia 

Lute East Germany 

~hneglass Southear:~t Asia 

Granada Ocean Surveillance 

( 0eO" c, . c: OJ, f' ~ T':'" d.pan) ell. . " lnEL 

, Off S/E Asia) 

2. Pr --'='-- Dtrcct.Lon. 

Program c3,:ppruva,1 decreased from $2. 82~ mj,llion to 

follo'vrf3 : 

BLACK C':;pac 

F:l.yloads 

MADS 

IvJi,ssion Plarming 

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(b) Tbe Btock 11. 1G config\:u-ation irnplements a nlinor 

Tn, fic,dio]! in Uli' TRill frarne extension logic to facili.taternanual 

(;,) Hi ck lG. General Electric software changes to support 

.0,I',:;-;i'",·~ )i h,:)\,(, bCi'll cornpleted. General Electric is currently 

,,'>.c;l'·::· "''':,j'~ th,' suft\,vare changes and i5 scheduled to dehver the 

c; t\:\Vd rl.' :'01' 1 Aug 72. Expected operational delivery is scheduled 

(1)"!: 2 'Ji P 7? 

1:)') L'l·,,~, 1 T. 'rR,\V changes to support Ivlission 4337 have 

;)t: Xl I, '")!'Cq)ii.,!(·d, 'T'[{,\V is C\lrrent cornpll~tirlg systern test of tbe oft-

',,;,;', ;,,/' -,,'!l.,,>,lerl to (Ldiv(~l' lbe software on 1 Aug 72. Expected 

<)]),,['.,f i",,;l i {:"j)'.',,!:">, ie' scbedul,:d for 23 Sep 72. 

(:\ '} , \, L R F Q \,' as 1 S S to TRW and General Electric in June 

jl)r r\, ' "i "t:i ') nc\'/ software COl'lfiguration to support hardware 

':\d'''.':'· "n C;:\\lBIT Vehicle 42. Expected effective date of the develop-

'i,' ,::' r,j \ ',,' :, I Oct 7:~, 

,.;' ," ')::;i I I" (Jtlq)lltCl' progranl s developed for Progranl 770 

U<:\>:JlC)(;):;rRA\\';'vli\i'\ " ehic1(; dre on contract with Gen(~ral Electric 

i",' ", ,"~ie, ::,:!,": :,nd 1'1'li!)()r llnprovenH:nts, The cOl'nrnand progran'lS 

2" ,';,;," P:;'""ad, ':,lcd. on acquisition, and the "load logic fl comrnands 

,; ";;);,,,C' ::-111'hil ()pl;rillj,on:'> of the 10adable progl'arnmer used by 

:i k:\\V .\ ~<, Th,':::'e pl'ograrns so iorrnat and check conlt'nand 

,,,"',::2"" ',);',r;:' 1,,1 rit!l;;:Y1LSciion to the vehicle, and provide history 

Ii !J;:"ck, '\/I" rsiun IS presently operationally on l1ne 

,;,lPfJ ,;":I:",·,'];.c:",:737 ( [ZA\VMAN#4), 

,~. " ::, ,:,1,'2 lCe sear Corporati.on cCHTLInanding and. s ch""duling 

:>")1~~,"'1;;-icl_~: rJ~·ICJS.::;1L (E~.C~/\Sl~}J de~ve]ope(l 1(Xr OI)f!Tat1.onal support of 

rJ!'L~ :',i C] (j f(jnt ('8.ct for rr'lOdl aLion and rn::lintenancc. 

;{C.:\SP rWC';.,r:·;:ci m;c;sion pLtnning by resolving vehi.cle-to-vehiclc 

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Overall Genpral Summary 

Dirc,~tor : 

1. 

aerial ,July, 

DeboosL ,·Ias acc=mrplished 13 S'c:ptemller or 

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days :l.r eel' 

j" GAMbIT MlC3~:;:Lon ): ,va,; lauw::hcd 1 a fter a .~ 

.both ve1'1"ieJ.e:3 \"Jere air rec.ovf,:~red l~'~' .':lJ.ld 

The \),::;1; COriN gr.:)l.md n~;;;olutJ.nn o\lserve<l the c]·;-

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'.. t SIGINTJ' la1.U1clled a P-ll satellite (UHSPJj\ 1) on llEXi'lGO]\J 

ML,;r;ion }.r)()~ ,')1\ ( n-up, orbital tn.1,l1C3fer. on into fin""l 

·)1'h1 C. a.nd Tn Lc.' n.l\: \ \"'01'10 eXI';cut'c,d ';llCCC,,[;fully. ]\]0 anomal:i ("c, 

Veil.i .. cle Nu. 

"'1 'l'RIPOS 1'1/ 

SOUSEA III 

.MABEL! 

veh:icle,:; launched. :!.l\ 

Genr~ral Search 

Em:i.tter~' 

Map arid copy 

Open·'. ci.on:Ll 

Ilj. fe 

() Montlw 

le.o Month:; 

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QUARTERLY PROGRAM REVIEW 

Project STRAWMAN 

Program Djrector: 

Project Director: 

Maj Oen Le\, Allen) ,Jr. 

Col Jack Simonton 

1. On-Orbit Vehicles. 

a. STRAlflMAN LI· (2T37). STRAWl'vW.N J.I completed daYf) of op8ratton 

as of 30 Sep 1972. The Vehicle continues to o}Jerate ::;uccessfully In the 

Electroni .. c Order of Battle (EOB) mode. The basic Technlcal IntelHgence 

(TI) mode vTaS (~ ~:;contjnued 19 Nov 1971 due to an hltermi ttent hold-on 

condi tion in the wideband recorder which was potentially d'ingcrous to 

long lLfcc of the:; batteries. However) the ~'1 mode has been uBed in,=8. __ _ 

,-L.Lill-'---L='-'--.Lll<:.2cLLLL"'-.L----'=L-LL"'-'-'~~----'-'~~~O~~to make real-t Jme readout s to the LI ~ __ _ 

In January 197~? a dayltght ope:cati.ng moo.c 

lfe and potentially exi~end operation \-1ell 

normal one-year life. Only Tjme-Critical Re:;port:tng micstcms 

are taflked) and readout :i.s accomplis.hed during dD,rk periods. rPhe vehicle 

completed the seventh yaw maneuver on I Aug 1972 and has since orb:Lted 

wtth the plw::: Z axis forVIard. The next yaw maneuver jJ~ c.;cheduled for 

~? Oct 1972 ~ 

b. '1'here were no spacecraft probl'3mf] during this reportLnl!, per:iod. 

c:. []'he tvro primary payloads) ThreElher (125 to 2100 MHz )'1,nd Reaper 

( to 3 MHz) have complete capability in l)otb the EOB and TI moc'les. 

Because of the VItdcband recorder failure) the normal '1'1 mode :L s not 'being 

utJLLzccL HOI'Tever) the 'J1hresher payload has been tasked in the '1'1 mode 

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d.. 'Phe Harves·l.:,er payload (2 to 12 GHz) has only the high band (8 to 

12 GHz) capabilj.ty) and there continues to be a mechanical refotraint 

that I Lm:L ts the antenna in post tj,ve roll to lio. Within these Li.mits the 

DEwload has been tasked normally in the EOB lnode and in the 'I'I marIe over I ki th dtrect readout to thel 

f. 'l'ime-Cr:i.tical Heport:Lng ml.SSlons are st:Lll being tFt[?,ked but 

['co no f;pecial handling atl I since all tYI1C:'; of Eud 

d[J:La are nov! g1.'oce,.osed and transmitted within 10 b.ours of 

HandJ.0 Vii:)_ !';{fl;f;\,.. 

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",;"j :,;~;;,;;>,t ~~ ',~, ~:"> Control GyotSD On 
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QUAF<TERLY PR()(jRAMREVIEW . 

Overall General SUDUl1ary 

Program Director: 

Vice Director: 

Maj Gen Lew Allen, Jr. 

Colonel Davis P. Parrish 

1. Quarterly Summary 0:[ Operations 

a. HEXAGON ~1ission 1204 was launched 10 October .. "i thaerial 

reccveries made as follows: 21 Oct, 5 & 23 Nov, and 17 Dec. De~ 

boost is planned for 8 January after 93 days total time on orbit4 

b. GAMBIT Mission 4337 was launched 21 Dec after a I-day 

delay_ Recovery events are planned for 5 & 22 January. 

c. 

d. The fo2..10w1ng nonphoto v~hicles launched in prevlous 

periods were still operating as of 31 December: 

Vehicle 

Number 

2737 

Name 

STRAWMA..N 

(Months) 

Operational 

Life 

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4423 

4424 

4425 

TRIPOS IV/ 

SOUSEA III 

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Program D:i. rec tOl:: 

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1. On-Orb~t Vehicles 

Maj Gen Lew Allen, Jr. 

Col Jack Simonton 25X1 

a. STl<AWtvlA.N 4 (2737). STI<AltJMAN 4 completed 534 days of 

operation as of 31 December 1012. The vehicle continues to 

operate successfully in the Electronic Order of Battle (EOB) 

mode, but the Technical Intelligence (1'1) mode was discontinued on 19 November 1971 as a result of losing the second 

wideband recorder. However, the 1'1 mode was used in a limited 

manner by real time readouts to thel "---__ ---::-c--__ ----:-__ -=---c-_~~6 J u 1 Y t () 20 'rD"e-"-c~]"_ 9~7~2c-.--Tm.-h~i-s:--o-E-·e-r-a~t-J,-0-n~---~ 

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The normal, daylIght only, ope~ating 

mocle continues to J:unctJ.on succ,,:ssfully, with Time Critical 

Reportin9 (TCR) missions limited to a maximum depth of discharge of 6 AMP-hr/rev. The spacecraft successfully completed 

tIle nint;h yaw maneuver on 29 November, a.nd the next one is 

schedu.Led for 29 January. 

1). There were no major spacecraft problems during this 

reporti n9 period. The charge controllers were cycling in 

December due to sola.r array output versus minimum power 

usage. The redundant set of charge controllers were selected 

OJ) 14 J)<:;c'embe>r; bet ter charge/discl1arge balance was acrd_eved, 

and the prob10m was resolved. 

c. The two prima.ry payloads, Thresher (125 to 2100 MHz)' 

and (UsOO to 3300 MHz) continue to operate successfully 

1D t:hc EOB lil.ode. 

l2 GHz 

roll. 

Tbe Ilarv8st(}r pay loa.d (2 to 12 GHz) has only the 8 to 

hi gil bi:lJl<.J capabil:i ty and remains lim.i tecl to posi tive 4

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is cllI:reritlyu~derg()ingcriticalpesign Review 

D eli.Y~ :rytqoP er il tioXi-alpe is.l)nneli s h~duled 

b. Operational conl.puterprograr:rlsdeverc:iped £c,.r Pr6graili770 

(EARPOP) STRA WMAN vehic1earecm contractwitJi GeJieri(l Electric fQr 

maintenance and mingT iri ,prove ITlents ,Thecommart;a p'rog::r.arnsg1ene:rate 

payload, station acquisition,anClthe"Jpadloi5ic II. C 01l/1)'laild~t6s.u.pport 

on-orbit operations· of the loadableprograrn:rner use.4bYSTRAWMAN. 

These programs also fOTnla.t ilndcheckc orrl1y~aIldnless,?-ge.s prior to 

transmission to the vehicle, and provide. history and.post-:-pass c i::rmmand 

surnmaries as iripllts todata.pr9tessil1.g~ 

(1) The Block Vlversiollispresently 

supporting Vehicle 2737 (STRAWMAN#4) .... 

c. The comnlanding and schedulingsQ;£tware progr~nl(RCAS.l?), 

developed for operational support 9f Pzrpgxanl<)89 (EARP 9f) is qncontract 

with Planning Re s earc h Corp orationiormOdification <lnd~riaint~nanc 

RCASP performs mis sionplanniIlgby rfsolving vehicle~tQ-vehic1econflicts 

and scheduling read-in datainpriority order torr,la~irriizevehiCle .•• 

capabilities. Tasking history i$I11ainJaiTl,editp aicltcr:rget environrnent· 

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(I) The Block 7D version ofthissoftware.sysferpispri3s·ently 

supporting all on-orbit 989'1ehicles . This blockin¢orporated operations 

oriented changes to irnp:r6vepl'ogram interfaces and augment user 

capabilities. 

(2) The Block 7E version is theinitia coding process. This 

block contains 3. precisi6nspinaxis deJerrninationptogra;mapd JJ.~wsyste:rn 

01.1tput changes in support of direct NsA payl~)ad processing . .Thi~B1ock 

will be on-line rnid-Apri173 .andbeu,seclto support all 98<) vehicles. 

nurnber of long term system 6ptirnizafionstudy items will be the basis 

for Block 7E with others beingprogranlnlcc\asprototype.concepts as the 

study continues, 

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