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MEMORANDUM FOR: 

SUBJECT: 

Committee on Overhead Reconnaissance 

Interim COMDR Guidance Re Satellite 

SIGINT Target Objectives and R&D Needs 

The COMDR Working Group submits the attached paper 

on the above subject for approval and forwarding to the NRO. 

It will be considered at the meeting of 14 March. 

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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 proVidirxg 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 

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. 

Attachment: 

1. Tab A. ( To be distributed individually to the rne,rnbers. ) 

2. Tab B. 

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Comment on Currently Planned Missions for 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 

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 mcs. 

c. No information was available on the frequency 

bands assigned to General Search However, 

the frequencies assigned to do not 

provide for possible intercept of the 4 . suspected 

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

the card file attached. We recommend that frequency spectrum 

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 

ofilllincliuding the impact of recently developed 

procedures to reduce intermodulation) and the production 

of additional intelligence. 

d. The of missions appears 

to be overemphasized, inasmuch as no current requirement 

exists for s-ich stringent ROB accuracy location. We 

assume, therefore, that the is mainly 

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

the frequency spectrum of 4900 - 5100 mcs has of been 

adequately programmed under the ROB cnncent 

It is recommended that if the initial 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 

e. It is recommended that a RED VINO mission 

be programmed if at all possible because (1) RED VINO 

represents the second highest COMINT priority requirement, 

(2) no successful results have been produced thus far, and 

(3) one remaining package exists for which no booster is 

assigned. 

f. The highest priority COMINT signal 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 otls.er missions 

such as were reduced. 

gpayloads are 

one to the 

It is believed that the 

justified bv the assignment of ELINT priority 

objectives. However, the results 

of the initial launches should be carefully analyzed with 

possible consequent recommendation that phase two 

(location emphasis) then be considered, 

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. 

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i. If TAM - 3 results fail to satisfy existing 

requirements for TA.LL 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 thellMillfrequency 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 subsequent wlaunches is recommended. 

(Para G above applies). 

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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