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This is National Intelligence Estimate 11-5-61, Soviet Technical Capabilities in Guided Missiles and Space Vehicles. It was submitted by the Director of Central Intelligence and concurred in by the United States Intelligence Board on 25 April 1961. The estimate assesses Soviet surface-to-air, antimissile, air-to-air, air-to-surface, ballistic, ICBM, naval and space programs. It concludes that the first Soviet ICBM unit was probably operational around 1 January 1960. It also says there is no evidence the Soviets are developing offensive space weapons. It contains no UFO material.
“Sputnik 2”6 pages
Table 4 SUMMARY OF SOVIET-ANNOUNCED SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTATION • For Soviet Earth Satellites and Space Probes Instrumentation (Soviet Terminology) SPUTNIK I SPUTNIK I I SPUTNIK III -LUNIK I LUNEN: II I I I SPUTNIK V VENUS PROBE VERTICAL ROCKETS Internal Temperature X X X X ... .. .. X Internal Pressure X X X X ... .. • • • • Magnetometer .• • .. X X • • ' • X X Solar Radiation: Corpuscular (sir) ... X X .. .. .. . X Ultraviolet ... .. . , .. .. .. • • • X-Radiation .. .. .. .. X ' .. X • - • ' Cosmic Rays: Heavy nuclei ... .. X .. .. X • • X Light nuclei .. .. .. .. .. .. X .. Multieharged Particles Photon Showers .. .. • . . . .. X .. X . .. . . .. X X - - - • • • X Primary (composition) X X X X .. X X X Magnetic Manometerer Ionization Manometer Ion Traps Electrostatic Fluxmetcr Mass Spectrometer Micrometeor Detector .. ... .. . • • • . .. . . . . , . X X X X X .. .. . . . . X . . . . . • X .. .. .. .. .. . , . . • . " . • . . - • ' • " " " X X X X X X Automatic Monitoring of condition or state of Micro-organisms. .. . . . . . . .. .. X .. " Spaccmatter Density Radiation Around Earth , .. .. . .. .. .. .. N X .. .. .. .. X .. " Radiation Around Moon . . . .. X .. .. • • Tetnperatures (Space) • . .. .. X . . Radiation (sic) Lunar Photography Sodium Cloud Experimentation Lunar-Magnetic Field .. .. .. .. . . • • . . • ' ' • • .. X • • .. .. X X X X • ' • ' ' ' • ' " " ' ' ' • " • • ' • • ' ' • • No specific information as to instrumentation rcicasecl by the USSR. on Sputa ks IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX. X, or N: . Iii addition to instraincotation, Sputnik II carried a dog, Sputniks V and VI each carried two dogs plus other biological specimens, Sputnik IX carried a dog and other biological specimens, and Sputnik XI carried a man.
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 101 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.