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... Reference Code ''' - 2001.54.344 '''Number of Pages''' - 17 Abstract During the "Soviet era" western observers of the Soviet space programme developed classifications of the photoreconnaissance satellites which were launched based upon ... by the Kettering Group and the satellites' in-orbit behaviour. Following the demise of the Soviet Union information of the official satellite classifications has been revealed, and this is compared with that ...

... , map, atlas, Lipsky '''JBIS Reference Code ''' - 2008.61.63 '''Number of Pages''' - 12 Abstract The Soviet Union engaged in an extensive programme for the exploration of the moon, Mars and Venus from ... Institute. This paper reviews the methods used, the mapping outcomes of the missions and the Soviet photographic collection; and questions whether there are still archived images that we have yet to ...

... of Pages''' - 7 Abstract The Soviet-era Orion satellites launched within the Cosmos programme were the first recoverable cartographic satellites to be flown by the Soviet Union. Few details of the programme are ...

... Pages''' - 19 Abstract Between 1982 and 1984 the Soviet Union launched four small recoverable lifting bodies designed to test heatshield materials for the Soviet space shuttle Buran. Called BOR-4, these vehicles were ...

... '''Year''' - 1999 '''Keywords''' - '''JBIS Reference Code ''' - 1999.52.397 '''Number of Pages''' - 20 Abstract The Soviet Union developed a number of satellite systems that were closely integrated with military weapons systems. Their ...

... Reference Code ''' - 2001.54.371 '''Number of Pages''' - 6 Abstract In the mid-1970s the Soviet Union started to identify some satellites as being flown for natural resources monitoring. It is now ...

... ''' - 175-191 '''Year''' - 2003 '''Keywords''' - US Intelligence, N-1 Rocket, National Intelligence Estimate, Princeton Grouping, Soviet Space, Zond 5 '''JBIS Reference Code ''' - 2003.56.175 '''Number of Pages''' - 17 Abstract Back ... to acquire one of the first US National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) documents declassified on the Soviet Space Program 1 , there was a dearth of materials concerning the USSR's space activities ...

... , Plesetsk, Tyuratam, U-2 '''JBIS Reference Code ''' - 2003.56.66 '''Number of Pages''' - 6 Abstract Soviet cosmodromes were hidden from the world until comparatively recently. In reality, western intelligence obtained early knowledge of the three Soviet - period cosmodromes of Kapustin Yar, Tyuratam and Plesetsk. Information was collected by overflights of the ...

... , 380 pages, $6.00'' Behind the Sputniks provides an interesting and informative insight into the Soviet rocket-astronautical field. It includes a history of Russian rocketry and astronautical planning: translations of ... reports; and a bibliography, all based on a Rand Corp. two-volume "A Casebook on Soviet Astronautics." Specific sections are entitled "Space Flight Comes of Age," "Problems of Astronautics," "Biological Factors ...

... -126 '''Year''' - 1999 '''Keywords''' - '''JBIS Reference Code ''' - 1999.52.123 '''Number of Pages''' - 4 Abstract Soviet hopes of achieving the supreme space `first' were crushed in July 1969 when an American ... on the Moon. Following the four unsuccessful flight tests of the N1 lunar booster, the Soviet manned lunar landing effort was officially suspended, but even as the Russians were denying they ...

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