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[COMMITTEE PRINT] X
REVIEW OF THE
SOVIET SPACE PROGRAM
WITH COMPARATIVE UNITED STATES DATA
REPORT me,
OF THE iis
COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND ASTRONAUTICS
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NINETIETH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
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PREPARED BY THE
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SCIENCE PoLicy RESEARCH DIVISION
LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE SERVICE
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
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Printed for the use of the Committee on Science and Astronautics
‘U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON : 1967 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
Lisrary or Coneress,
Leeisuative RererEnce S=RvicE,
November 10, 1967.
Hon. Grorcr P. Miuurr,
Chairman, Committee on Science and Astronautics,
House of Representatives,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Cuarrman: Pursuant to your request earlier this year
and previous communications with the committee staff, the Legisla-
tive Reference Service has undertaken a 10-year review of the Soviet
space program including drawin; appropriate comparisons with the
corresponding program in the United States.
The study is intended to throw as much light as possible on the
scope and directions of the Soviet program, and also to provide a
useful statistical reference of the Soviet program compared with the
US. program. While believing the U.S. space program should be
ju iged on its merits independent of international rivalries, it is also
true that congressional concern with space policy must be fully aware
of uses of space by foreign governments, of which the Soviet Union
has been by far the most active.
It Should 1 be emphasized that, the report is based upon unclassified,
open sources, both Soviet announcements and independent checks on
such data derived from U.S. observational equipment whose findings
are published in this country and from corresponding British data.
Dr. Charles 8. Sheldon II, Acting Chief of the Science Policy Re-
search Division, and Senior Specialist in Space and ‘Transportation
Technology, prepared the study, including text, tables, and illustra-
tions. The study has been reviewed by appropriate individuals in
more than one institution of Government in the interest of accuracy
and security, although the final responsibility rests with the author
and the Legislative Reference Service.
Sincerely yours,
Lesrer 8S. Jayson,
Director, Legislative Reference Service,
Library of Congress.
mr a
CONTENTS
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Table 2. Approximate comparison of United States
successful space launchings primarily civil oriented
‘versus presumptively military oriented _
Table 3. Summary list of manned space flight...
Table 4. Soviet flights related to biological payi
Table 5. U.S. flights related to biological payloads
Table 6. Summary list of lunar flights. -_
Table 7. Soviet flights related to the Moon_
Table 8. U.S. flights related to the Moon_
Table 9. Summary list of planetary flights.
9.
Table 10. Soviet flights related to the planets.
Table 11. U.S. flights related to the planets_
Table 12. Summary of Soviet space payloads by name
Table 13. Summary of U.S. space payloads by name.
Table 14. Summary of Soviet space payloads by mission category
relation--_-
Table 15, Summary of
relation. ---
Table 16. Log of all known Soviet space payloads.
Table 17. Analysis of Sovict Kosmos payloads
acteristics.
Table 18. Analysis of Soviet Kosmos payloa
characteristics -
Soviet space program development.
‘The early Sputniks 1957-58..
Early Luna flights 1959_
‘The Vostok program 1960-63_
Interplanetary Zond flights 1960-67_.
The next generation Luna program 1963-66.
Polet vehicles 1963-64
Elektron vehicles 1964
Renewed manned flights with Voskhod 1964-65.
‘The Kosmos series of launchings 1962-67.
‘Tyuratam large nonrecover:
‘Tyuratam smaller nonrecoverable pay!
Remaining Kosmos program elements.
‘The Molniya series 1965-67-
International cooperation
Shares of gross national product allocated to space_
Benefits sought from the space program -_
Mission goals of the Soviet space program
Philosophy on the future of space... .