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MEMORANDUM FOR: Committee on Overhead Reconnaissance 

SUBJECT: Interim COMOR Guidance Re Satellite 

SIGINT Target Objectives and R&D Needs 

At its 14 March meeting COMOR approved the attached paper 

with the request that the Chairman now forward it to the NRO. Tab C 

was added by the Chairman at the request of the Committee. (See 

COMOR-M-151, para 3. ) 

n 

mes Q. Reber 

Chairman 

Committee on Overhead Reconnaissance 

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, NRO Staff 

SUBJECT: Interim COMOR Guidance Re Satellite 

SIGINT Target Objectives and R&D Needs 

1. As no doubt your representative on COMOR, 

Colonel Duncan, may have advised you, COMOR is in the process 

of revising and updating the United States Intelligence Board 

statement of requirements for satellite collection (USIB-D-33. 6/8, 

5 July 1960). 

2. Meanwhile, the COMOR's Target Working Group has 

developed a procedure for providing detailed target guidance to the 

collector and is well along in the actual preparation of the card 

file which will serve both as a means of transmitting specific 

guidance to the collector and to those responsible for processing the 

materials. As new information is received, these cards will be updated 

and new cards issued. The card deck, which is attached at Tab A 

is for your information and use as appropriate, has already been 

made available to the participating agencies in COMOR. 

3. In the course of its work as indicated above and taking 

into account the satellite SIGINT requirements paper which is 

preliminarily considered satisfactory in COMOR, the Target Working 

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Group has evolved suggestions which the NRO may well find useful 

in its ongoing management of current Satellite SIGINT packages. 

These suggestions have been reviewed by COMOR and the Committee 

feels that they should be forwarded to you as useful feedback from the 

consumer. It is surmised that, for the most part, these suggestions 

would involve modifications at small cost. COMOR would appreciate 

your comments both on the card file and the suggestions in Tab B. 

James Q. Reber 

Chairman 

Committee on Overhead Reconnaissance 

Attachments: 

1. Tab A- Target Cards(not attached except to NRO. Cards have 

been distributed separately to COMOR participants) 

2. Tab B- Comment on Currently Planned Missions for Salellite 

SIGINT Collection 

3. Tab C- Tentative Satellite SIGINT Launch Program (March 1963 -

March 1964) 

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Comment on Currently Planned Missions i:or Salellite SIGINT 

Collection 

1. The current schedule adheres quite closely to the 

priorities, concepts, and periodicity of coverage outlined in the 

attachments. However, the following additional specific comments 

are applicable. 

a. The desired periodicity of General Search and 

ROB obviously cannot be entirely met. However, the 

distribution of DYNO and payloads versus Directed 

Nov 

Coverage is considered to be adequately balanced. 

b. The allocation of frequency bands for ROB 

are generally in accordance with the established 

priority objectives. However, further emphasis should be 

given to objectives in the frequency spectrums of 

650 - 800 mcs and 4900 - 5100 riles. 

c. No information was available on the frequency 

bands aaRigned ID General Search 

frequencies assigned to 

However, the 

do not 

provide for possible intercept of the 155 - 165 mcs suspected 

ABM associated radar listed as Entity Serial (3-13) in the 

card file attached. We recommend that frequency spectrum 

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be covered. Additionally, in view of the malfunctioning 

of those frequencies of primary interest 

assigned thereto should be considered for follow-up 

by one of the scheduled General Search missions. 

Specific determination of frequencies to be assigned 

should await further evaluation of (including the 

impact of recently developed procedures to reduce intermodulation) and the production of additional intelligence. 

d. The series of missions appears 

to be overemphasized, inasmuch as no current requirement 

exists for such stringent ROB accuracy location. We 

assume, therefore, that the series is mainly 

for R&D test-purposes, although as noted in para b above, 

the frequency spectrum of 4900 - 5100 mcs has not been 

adequately programmed under the ROB concept 

It is recommended that if the initial package is 

successful in all its objectives, consideration be given to 

reducing further missions of this type and transferring the 

spectrum coverage to an ROB package such as 

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e. The highest priority COMINT signal for ESV 

collection, in our opinion, is the which is suspected to 

be a major command link among the Soviet Rocket Forces. 

The technical problems associated with obtaining full bandwidth 

coverage are formidable and will require considerable R/D. 

However, it might be possible to launch some packages during 

the next year's programmed schedule if other missions 

such as were reduced. 

f. It is recommended that a RED VINO mission 

be programmed if at all possible because (1) it is designed 

to collect the signal in our 

opinion the 2d highest priority COMINT objective for ESV 

collection, (2) no successful results have been produced 

thus far, and (3) one remaining package exists for which 

no booster is assigned. 

g• It is believed that the 1111111.1111111 

payloads are justified by the assignment of ELINT priority 

one to the objectives. However, the results 

of the initial launches should be carefully analyzed with 

possible consequent recommendation that phase two 

(location emphasis) then be considered. 

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h. Mission 7209, designed for collection of 

and Soviet LRAF radio telephone represent COMINT 

priorities which are relatively low. However, the development 

of a capability to profitably handle signals of these types 

represents a long range potential of some promise. It is 

therefore recommended that the package be launched when 

possible. 

i. If TAKI- 3 results fail to satisfy existing 

requirements for TALL KING location and lobe structure 

information, additional coverage will be required. 

j. The present program does not provide 

adequate Directed Coverage of the ABM guidance signals. 

It is estimated that their signals will. fall within the 

11111=frequency range, most likely in the S-Band 

region. Because the ABM guidance signals are likely to be 

very weak in comparison to the normal S-Band signal 

environment, special R&D efforts will be required and a 

vehicle such as that scheduled for 

launches is recommended. 

(Para G above applies) 

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2. Other signals of relatively high priority for 

Directed Coverage are considered to require R/D of a magnitude 

such that launches of payloads during the period under question 

are not feasible. They are therefore not considered for the 

purpose of this interim guidance. 

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Combined Booster and Package Space Available Packa•e 

Nickname MCS 

66-70 

POPPY WILD BILL 

PLMOGU'i H 

7207 

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MCS 

550-620 

2000-400D 

25W -35W 

On shelf: 

-Five months lead time (no booster allocated) 

July 1963 

August 1963 7210 

Ser-'ernber 1963 

October 1963 

November 1963 

December 1963 

January 1964 

February 1964 

March 1964 

POPPY 

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66 - 72 

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Tentative Satellite SIGINT Launch Program (March 1963 - March 1964 

Month 

March 1963 

April 1963 

May 1963 

June 1963 

7209 Being modified. Available after June 1963 

New Jersey 100 - 150 rues. 

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