DOCSLIB.ORG

NRO Review and Redaction Guide

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
NRO Review and Redaction Guide 2017106120 C05095967 Approved for Release: TOP SECRE'l'/ /IK//R�FN /NOFORN (U) National Reconnaissance Office • eview an e ction Guide For Automatic Declassification Of 25-Year-Old Information Version 1. 0 2015 Edi tion Classif From: INCG dated 20120213 (b)(3) Declassify On: 25Xl, 20631231 TOP SECRET//TH://RS£N/NOFORN 2017106120 C05095967 Approved for Release: 2017106120 C05095967 Approved for Release: TOP SECRE'l'/ /IK//R�FN /NOFORN (U) Table of Contents (U) Preface .................................................. (U) Background. 1 (U) General Methodology ........................................ 4 (U) le Ser s s. 6 (U) Exemption from Declassifi on .................. 6 (U) i on of 25X and SOX ions : ................. 6 (U) on classi cation dance : ........ 7 (U) sys tems- .0. 12951: ............. 7 (U) Declassifi cation of SIGINT and COMM Systems : ............... 8 (U) The Diss ion of Declassification dance to the onal Declassifi cation Center: ....... Error! Bookmark not defined. 1. (U) ion 25Xl: Reveal Sources and Methods ... 10 1.1 (U) General ...... .......................... 11 1.2 (U) About the National Re (NRP) ..... 15 1.2.1 (U) Fact of Satellite Re ssance ................ 15 1.2.2 (U) Nat onal Reconna ssance Informat on ..... 17 1.2. 3 (U) zati Relati . 18 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . ( U) Navy ( C) . 2 2 1.2.3.5. (U) Defense Recon Support (DRSP/DSRP ) . 22 1.3 (U) Satellite ry (IMINT) Sys tems ................... 24 1.3.1 (U) ry Sys tem Information . ..................... 24 1.3.2 (U) Non-Operat onal IMINT Sys tems ................... 27 1.3.3 (U) Current and Future IMINT Operational Systems .... 31 1.3.4 (U) Meteorol cal Forecast . 32 1.3.5 (U) IMINT Sys tem Ground rations .................. 33 1.4 (U) Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Sys tems ............... 35 1.4.1 (U) S s Intell System Information ......... 35 1.4.2 (U) rational SIGINT Sys tems .................. 37 1.4.3 (U) Current and Future SIGINT rational Sys tems ... 38 .4.4 (U) SIGINT S Parameters ........................ 39 1.4.5 SIGINT Sys tem Ground rations ..................... 40 1.5 (U) Measurement and Si nte ligence INT ) ..... 41 1. 6 (U) cations ...................................... 42 1.6.1 (U) General Communications Information .............. 42 1.6.2 (U) cation Sate ite oads ................ 43 .6.3 (U) Re ay Miss on Contra Center ............. 43 1.6.4 (U) Relay Satellites ..... ......................... 43 1.7 (U) Satellite Ground and Sys tem Vulne lities and Countermeasures ........................................ 45 1.8 (U) Collection Planning, , and ......... 46 1.8.1 (U) Overall ng ...................... 46 1.8.2 (U) Col ction r So 46 1.8. 3 (U) Satellite Tas ............................... 4 7 l TOP SECRET//TH://RS£N/NOFORN 2017106120 C05095967 Approved for Release: 2017106120 C05095967 Approved for Release: TOP SECRE'l'/ /IK//R�FN /NOFORN 1.9 (U) Mission Ground Stations (MGS ) ....................... 49 1.9.1 (U) MGS and Remote Station Locat ans ....... 49 1. 10 (U) Launch Ac tivi ties . 55 1.10.1 (U) Pre-Launch Activit s .......................... 55 1.10.2 (U) Launch cle (LV) Utilization ................ 56 1.10.3 (U) Launch Dates ................................... 58 . 0.4 (U) oad rt ..... 59 1.10.5 (U) Launch ectory, , Telemetry ................................................... 60 1.11 (U) Devel si on ........................ 62 1.11.1 (U) Relati .............. 62 1.11.2 (U) t ............................. 6 .3 (U) Contract 66 1.12 (U) Product-Related Information ........................ 66 1.12 .1 (U) IMINT-Re ated Products ......................... 67 1.12.2 (U) SIGINT-Rel Products ........................ 68 1.13 (U) Terms and Code Words ............................... 69 1.14 (U) D •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 70 1. 14. 1 (U) Program l - General . 7 0 ���g� ::::::�::1::::::::l·�������-��-���-���iii�i��-�-�����1���- �� 1.14. 4 (S//'l'R//RE:Lt- 1 . ...............I 76 1.14. 5 I (3//Mf?) 1 .............. 77 1.14.6 (U) I D-Related Code Words and Te1 rms ......... 79 1.15 (U) NRO Security Policy - General Administrat on ....... 81 2. (U) Exemption Category 25X2 : Reveal Information That Would Assist in the Devel or Use of Weapons of Mass Destruct 83 3. (U) 25X3 : Reveal In on That Would c terns or Activi ies ............ 8 4 . 25X4 : Reveal Information That Would Impair ication of the State of-the-Art Technology Wi Weapon System .............................. 85 5 . (U) 25X5 : Reveal Actual U.S. li War Effect .............................. 86 6. on 25X6 : Reveal Information That Would ously and Demonstrably r Relations between the U.S. and a Foreign Government, or Seriously and Demonstrably c es of the u. s ...................................................... 87 8. (U) ion 25X8 : Reveal nformation That Would Seriously and y r Current National Se y Emergency ss Plans ............................. 88 9. (U) ion 25X9: Violate a Statute, Treaty, or onal .................................. 89 TOP SECRET//TH://RS£N/NOFORN 2017106120 C05095967 Approved for Release: 2017106120 C05095967 Approved for Release: TOP SECRE'l'/ /IK//R�FN /NOFORN 10. (U) Other ion Factors . 90 10.1 (U) Names and Si s ................................. 91 10.2 (U) etary Information ...................... 94 10.3 (U) NRO-NASA Rel on .............................. 95 10.4 (U) NSAM 156 ttee . 99 10.5 (U) ARGO & the Civil i ons Committee ........... 101 10.6 (U) Inte anal Traffic in Arms at ons (ITAR) , rt Controlled Technology and cal Data ....... 104 (U) Appendix A GRAB /POPPY Review Guide . ................ 105 (U) Addendum 1: GRAB /POPPY Terms, and Codewords . 146 (U) Addendum 2: Releasable Personnel Names Ass ated th GRAB/POPPY ............................................ 157 (U) B - Acknowl Names and Funct ons ............ 67 (U) C Glossary of Code Words and Terms ............ 203 (U) D - Footnoted Sources ........................... 219 (U) E - WS 117L: SENTRY/ SAMOS .......... 220 (U) F ARGON , and LANYARD . 224 (U) G - GAMB T /HEXAGON ly ....................... 231 (U) H - LL ....................................... 251 (U) s .......................... 259 (U) 272 ii TOP SECRET//TH://RS£N/NOFORN 2017106120 C05095967 Approved for Release: 2017106120 C05095967 Approved for Release: TOP SECRE'l'/ /IK//R�FN /NOFORN (U) Preface (U) This document represents the current icy of the National Reconnaissance Of ice (NRO) for the declass on o all 25 year-old and older NRO in on covered Execut Order (E.0.) 13526. Such declassifi cation is conducted unde r the NRO Ins on 56-2-3 n25-Year Automat c, Sys temat c and Declassifi on on 24 2014. The Director, National Re ssance Office (DNRO) has appo the Chie o the Information ew and Release (C/IRRG) in the Information Management Services Office in the Communi ons Systems Directorate (IMSO/COMM) as the NRO' s itial 25-Year Release and Denial ty. The IRRG is responsible for the review, pursuant to a varie of and sere onary release programs, of 25-year-old NRO formation for declassificat or cont ction . The need to protect sensitive space intelligence operations and lities and to establish i es for the class ficat on, declassificat , and release of related formation were reaffirmed the President in Policy, dated 28 June 2010. (U) This and de (RRG) is a 1 document intended to achieve rit of r public access to gove rnment records as envisioned in E.O. 13526. The IRRG s policy s and necessary cl fications (as Directorates and basis, and interprets and s the RRG' s behal the DNRO . stions conce in on in s de, or about ing it, should be addressed to C/IRRG at l I (b)(3) iv TOP SECRET//TH://RS£N/NOFORN 2017106120 C05095967 Approved for Release: 2017106120 C05095967 Approved for Release: TOP SECRE'l'/ /IK//R�FN /NOFORN (U) SECURITY NOTE : All paragraphs in this document designated REL are REL TO FVEY unless otherwise indicated . (U) Background il 1995, si E.O. 12958, "Classified onal Se In This order, subs ly amended on 25 March 2003, and aced E.O. 13526 on 29 December 2009, rects the automatic declassifi on and release to ic of in ion on a fie date or event dete the nal classification authori od for classifi on es i It s two s mandates : classi on only when necessary to do so, and declassi as as possible as soon as possible . The order also calls for the proper balance between the free flow of information to the ic- 25 year-old information o historical s i icance--and ct the nation' s legitimate secrets , even when they are recorded in documents of historical si ficance . (U) The the NRO' s Cold War mission red the z covert until 1992 . Si cant amounts of the technology devel by the NRO, and the methodo logies for empl that technology, remain sensitive , even they fall wi the 25-year-old informat on declassificat framework of E.O. 13526. The need to ct sensi space lligence operations and li es was reaffirmed the President in Presidential Direct -4. (U) The release of satellite re ssance information as described in this de is consistent sions of National Security Policy Directive (NSPD) 49 and with the Director of National ntelligence's (DNI) s respon s li to ct sources and NRO serves as the Executive for the DNI in ct the aspects o re ssance systems . (U) This declassification guide remains ed around i e ons c classification contained in E.O. 13526 (Sec 3.3( b )). Ei of the ions apply to the o NRO records based on the NRO Files Series Exemption Plan . These ei exemptions pertain to in on that would: TOP SECRFT//YK//RSEN/NOFORN 1 2017106120 C05095967 Approved for Release: 2017106120 C05095967 Approved for Release: TOP SECRE'l'/ /IK//R�FN /NOFORN a. (U) "reveal . a nonhuman lligence source; or r the e feet ss o an intelligence method currently in use, available for use, or unde r development" (Exemption 1) b. (U) "reveal format that would assist the devel or use of weapons of mass destruction" ion 2) c. (U) "reveal on that would ir U.S.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Remote Sensing and Airborne Geophysics in the Assessment of Natural Aggregate Resources
    U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REMOTE SENSING AND AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICS IN THE ASSESSMENT OF NATURAL AGGREGATE RESOURCES by D.H. Knepper, Jr.1, W.H. Langer1, and S.H. Miller1 OPEN-FILE REPORT 94-158 1994 This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. 1U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225 CONTENTS ABSTRACT........................................................................................... iv CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION.............................................................................. I-1 II. TYPES OF AGGREGATE DEPOSITS........................................... II-1 Crushed Stone............................................................................... II-1 Sedimentary Rocks............................................................. II-3 Igneous Rocks.................................................................... II-3 Metamorphic Rocks........................................................... II-4 Sand and Gravel............................................................................ II-4 Glacial Deposits................................................................ II-5 Alluvial Fans.................................................................... II-5 Stream Channel and Terrace Deposits............................... II-6 Marine Deposits...............................................................
    [Show full text]
  • University of Iowa Instruments in Space
    University of Iowa Instruments in Space A-D13-089-5 Wind Van Allen Probes Cluster Mercury Earth Venus Mars Express HaloSat MMS Geotail Mars Voyager 2 Neptune Uranus Juno Pluto Jupiter Saturn Voyager 1 Spaceflight instruments designed and built at the University of Iowa in the Department of Physics & Astronomy (1958-2019) Explorer 1 1958 Feb. 1 OGO 4 1967 July 28 Juno * 2011 Aug. 5 Launch Date Launch Date Launch Date Spacecraft Spacecraft Spacecraft Explorer 3 (U1T9)58 Mar. 26 Injun 5 1(U9T68) Aug. 8 (UT) ExpEloxrpelro r1e r 4 1915985 8F eJbu.l y1 26 OEGxOpl o4rer 41 (IMP-5) 19697 Juunlye 2 281 Juno * 2011 Aug. 5 Explorer 2 (launch failure) 1958 Mar. 5 OGO 5 1968 Mar. 4 Van Allen Probe A * 2012 Aug. 30 ExpPloiorenre 3er 1 1915985 8M Oarc. t2. 611 InEjuxnp lo5rer 45 (SSS) 197618 NAouvg.. 186 Van Allen Probe B * 2012 Aug. 30 ExpPloiorenre 4er 2 1915985 8Ju Nlyo 2v.6 8 EUxpKlo 4r e(rA 4ri1el -(4IM) P-5) 197619 DJuenc.e 1 211 Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission / 1 * 2015 Mar. 12 ExpPloiorenre 5e r 3 (launch failure) 1915985 8A uDge.c 2. 46 EPxpiolonreeerr 4130 (IMP- 6) 19721 Maarr.. 313 HMEaRgCnIe CtousbpeShaetr i(cF oMxu-1ltDis scaatelell itMe)i ssion / 2 * 2021081 J5a nM. a1r2. 12 PionPeioenr e1er 4 1915985 9O cMt.a 1r.1 3 EExpxlpolorerer r4 457 ( S(IMSSP)-7) 19721 SNeopvt.. 1263 HMaalogSnaett oCsupbhee Sriact eMlluitlet i*scale Mission / 3 * 2021081 M5a My a2r1. 12 Pioneer 2 1958 Nov. 8 UK 4 (Ariel-4) 1971 Dec. 11 Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission / 4 * 2015 Mar.
    [Show full text]
  • Information Summaries
    TIROS 8 12/21/63 Delta-22 TIROS-H (A-53) 17B S National Aeronautics and TIROS 9 1/22/65 Delta-28 TIROS-I (A-54) 17A S Space Administration TIROS Operational 2TIROS 10 7/1/65 Delta-32 OT-1 17B S John F. Kennedy Space Center 2ESSA 1 2/3/66 Delta-36 OT-3 (TOS) 17A S Information Summaries 2 2 ESSA 2 2/28/66 Delta-37 OT-2 (TOS) 17B S 2ESSA 3 10/2/66 2Delta-41 TOS-A 1SLC-2E S PMS 031 (KSC) OSO (Orbiting Solar Observatories) Lunar and Planetary 2ESSA 4 1/26/67 2Delta-45 TOS-B 1SLC-2E S June 1999 OSO 1 3/7/62 Delta-8 OSO-A (S-16) 17A S 2ESSA 5 4/20/67 2Delta-48 TOS-C 1SLC-2E S OSO 2 2/3/65 Delta-29 OSO-B2 (S-17) 17B S Mission Launch Launch Payload Launch 2ESSA 6 11/10/67 2Delta-54 TOS-D 1SLC-2E S OSO 8/25/65 Delta-33 OSO-C 17B U Name Date Vehicle Code Pad Results 2ESSA 7 8/16/68 2Delta-58 TOS-E 1SLC-2E S OSO 3 3/8/67 Delta-46 OSO-E1 17A S 2ESSA 8 12/15/68 2Delta-62 TOS-F 1SLC-2E S OSO 4 10/18/67 Delta-53 OSO-D 17B S PIONEER (Lunar) 2ESSA 9 2/26/69 2Delta-67 TOS-G 17B S OSO 5 1/22/69 Delta-64 OSO-F 17B S Pioneer 1 10/11/58 Thor-Able-1 –– 17A U Major NASA 2 1 OSO 6/PAC 8/9/69 Delta-72 OSO-G/PAC 17A S Pioneer 2 11/8/58 Thor-Able-2 –– 17A U IMPROVED TIROS OPERATIONAL 2 1 OSO 7/TETR 3 9/29/71 Delta-85 OSO-H/TETR-D 17A S Pioneer 3 12/6/58 Juno II AM-11 –– 5 U 3ITOS 1/OSCAR 5 1/23/70 2Delta-76 1TIROS-M/OSCAR 1SLC-2W S 2 OSO 8 6/21/75 Delta-112 OSO-1 17B S Pioneer 4 3/3/59 Juno II AM-14 –– 5 S 3NOAA 1 12/11/70 2Delta-81 ITOS-A 1SLC-2W S Launches Pioneer 11/26/59 Atlas-Able-1 –– 14 U 3ITOS 10/21/71 2Delta-86 ITOS-B 1SLC-2E U OGO (Orbiting Geophysical
    [Show full text]
  • Wind Through the Buffalo Grass: a Lakota Story Cycle Paul A
    University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Paul Johnsgard Collection Papers in the Biological Sciences 2008 Wind Through the Buffalo Grass: A Lakota Story Cycle Paul A. Johnsgard University of Nebraska-Lincoln, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/johnsgard Part of the Indigenous Studies Commons, Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures Commons, and the Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology Commons Johnsgard, Paul A., "Wind Through the Buffalo Grass: A Lakota Story Cycle" (2008). Paul Johnsgard Collection. 51. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/johnsgard/51 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Papers in the Biological Sciences at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Paul Johnsgard Collection by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Fiction I Historical History I Native Ameri("an Wind Through the Buffalo Grass: A Lakota Story Cycle is a narrative history of the Pine Ridge Lakota tribe of South Dakota, following its history from 1850 to the present day through actual historical events and through the stories of four fictional Lakota children, each related by descent and separated from one another by two generations. The ecology of the Pine Ridge region, especially its mammalian and avian wildlife, is woven into the stories of the children. 111ustrated by the author, the book includes drawings of Pine Ridge wildlife, regional maps, and Native American pictorial art. Appendices include a listing of important Lakota words, and checklists of mammals and breeding birds of the region. Dr. Paul A. Johnsgard is foundation professor of biological sciences emeritus of the University of Nebraska-lincoln.
    [Show full text]
  • Security Council Distr.: General 27 January 2020
    United Nations S/2020/70 Security Council Distr.: General 27 January 2020 Original: English Letter dated 27 January 2020 from the Panel of Experts on Yemen addressed to the President of the Security Council The members of the Panel of Experts on Yemen have the honour to transmit herewith the final report of the Panel, prepared in accordance with paragraph 6 of resolution 2456 (2019). The report was provided to the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014) on 27 December 2019 and was considered by the Committee on 10 January 2020. We would appreciate it if the present letter and the report were brought to the attention of the members of the Security Council and issued as a document of the Council. (Signed) Dakshinie Ruwanthika Gunaratne Coordinator Panel of Experts on Yemen (Signed) Ahmed Himmiche Expert (Signed) Henry Thompson Expert (Signed) Marie-Louise Tougas Expert (Signed) Wolf-Christian Paes Expert 19-22391 (E) 070220 *1922391* S/2020/70 Final report of the Panel of Experts on Yemen Summary After more than five years of conflict, the humanitarian crisis in Yemen continues. The country’s many conflicts are interconnected and can no longer be separated by clear divisions between external and internal actors and events. Throughout 2019, the Houthis and the Government of Yemen made little headway towards either a political settlement or a conclusive military victory. In a continuation from 2018, the belligerents continued to practice economic warfare: using economic obstruction and financial tools as weapons to starve opponents of funds or materials. Profiteering from the conflict is endemic.
    [Show full text]
  • The Bad Horse List
    The Bad Horse List --- Introduction --- ......................................................................... 1 --- Other Critters: Cats --- ............................................................ 27 --- Appearance --- .......................................................................... 1 --- Other Critters: Chickens and Other Birds --- .......................... 27 --- Annoying/Embarrassing Habits --- .......................................... 2 --- Other Critters: Cows --- .......................................................... 28 --- Attitude ---................................................................................ 3 --- Other Critters: Dogs --- .......................................................... 28 --- Barn Manners: Grooming/Tacking Up --- ................................ 4 --- Other Critters: Goats --- .......................................................... 28 --- Barn Manners: Stall Etiquette --- ............................................. 5 --- Other Critters: Horses --- ........................................................ 28 --- Barn Manners: Turnout --- ....................................................... 7 --- Other Critters: Miscellaneous --- ............................................ 31 --- Bath Time --- ............................................................................ 8 --- Playing --- ............................................................................... 31 --- Bodily Functions --- ................................................................. 8 ---
    [Show full text]
  • Copyrighted Material
    1 Introduction to Space Electronic Reconnaissance Geolocation 1.1 Introduction With the rapid development of aerospace technology, space has gradually become the strategic commanding point for defending national security and providing benefits. As the electronic reconnaissance satellite is able to acquire the full-time, all-weather, large-area, detailed, near real-time battlefield information (such as force deployment, military equipment, and operation information), it has become a powerful way to acquire information and plays an important role in ensuring information superiority [1, 2]. In the early 1960s, the United States launched the first general electronic reconnaissance satellites in the world – Grab and Poppy – to collect electronic intelligence (ELINT) on Soviet air defense radar signals. Intelligence from Grab and Poppy provided the location and capabilities of Soviet radar sites and ocean surveillance information to the US Navy and for use by the US Air Force. This effort provided significant ELINT support to US forces throughout the war in Vietnam [3]. Space electronic reconnaissance (SER) refers to the process in which signals from various electromagnetic transmitters are intercepted with the help of man-made satellites, and then features of signal are analyzed, contents of signal are extracted, and the position of transmit- ters are located [1–5]. The main tasks for space reconnaissance includes: intercepting signals from various transmitting sources such as radars, communication devices, navigation beacons, and identification
    [Show full text]
  • Appendix a Apollo 15: “The Problem We Brought Back from the Moon”
    Appendix A Apollo 15: “The Problem We Brought Back From the Moon” Postal Covers Carried on Apollo 151 Among the best known collectables from the Apollo Era are the covers flown onboard the Apollo 15 mission in 1971, mainly because of what the mission’s Lunar Module Pilot, Jim Irwin, called “the problem we brought back from the Moon.” [1] The crew of Apollo 15 carried out one of the most complete scientific explorations of the Moon and accomplished several firsts, including the first lunar roving vehicle that was operated on the Moon to extend the range of exploration. Some 81 kilograms (180 pounds) of lunar surface samples were returned for anal- ysis, and a battery of very productive lunar surface and orbital experiments were conducted, including the first EVA in deep space. [2] Yet the Apollo 15 crew are best remembered for carrying envelopes to the Moon, and the mission is remem- bered for the “great postal caper.” [3] As noted in Chapter 7, Apollo 15 was not the first mission to carry covers. Dozens were carried on each flight from Apollo 11 onwards (see Table 1 for the complete list) and, as Apollo 15 Commander Dave Scott recalled in his book, the whole business had probably been building since Mercury, through Gemini and into Apollo. [4] People had a fascination with objects that had been carried into space, and that became more and more popular – and valuable – as the programs progressed. Right from the start of the Mercury program, each astronaut had been allowed to carry a certain number of personal items onboard, with NASA’s permission, in 1 A first version of this material was issued as Apollo 15 Cover Scandal in Orbit No.
    [Show full text]
  • National Reconnaissance Office Review and Redaction Guide
    NRO Approved for Release 16 Dec 2010 —Tep-nm.T7ymqtmthitmemf- (u) National Reconnaissance Office Review and Redaction Guide For Automatic Declassification Of 25-Year-Old Information Version 1.0 2008 Edition Approved: Scott F. Large Director DECL ON: 25x1, 20590201 DRV FROM: NRO Classification Guide 6.0, 20 May 2005 NRO Approved for Release 16 Dec 2010 (U) Table of Contents (U) Preface (U) Background 1 (U) General Methodology 2 (U) File Series Exemptions 4 (U) Continued Exemption from Declassification 4 1. (U) Reveal Information that Involves the Application of Intelligence Sources and Methods (25X1) 6 1.1 (U) Document Administration 7 1.2 (U) About the National Reconnaissance Program (NRP) 10 1.2.1 (U) Fact of Satellite Reconnaissance 10 1.2.2 (U) National Reconnaissance Program Information 12 1.2.3 (U) Organizational Relationships 16 1.2.3.1. (U) SAF/SS 16 1.2.3.2. (U) SAF/SP (Program A) 18 1.2.3.3. (U) CIA (Program B) 18 1.2.3.4. (U) Navy (Program C) 19 1.2.3.5. (U) CIA/Air Force (Program D) 19 1.2.3.6. (U) Defense Recon Support Program (DRSP/DSRP) 19 1.3 (U) Satellite Imagery (IMINT) Systems 21 1.3.1 (U) Imagery System Information 21 1.3.2 (U) Non-Operational IMINT Systems 25 1.3.3 (U) Current and Future IMINT Operational Systems 32 1.3.4 (U) Meteorological Forecasting 33 1.3.5 (U) IMINT System Ground Operations 34 1.4 (U) Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Systems 36 1.4.1 (U) Signals Intelligence System Information 36 1.4.2 (U) Non-Operational SIGINT Systems 38 1.4.3 (U) Current and Future SIGINT Operational Systems 40 1.4.4 (U) SIGINT
    [Show full text]
  • National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) Log, 2011-2016
    Description of document: National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) Log, 2011-2016 Requested date: 22-October-2016 Released date: 22-November-2016 Posted date: 05-December-2016 Source of document: Mandatory Declassification Review Request NRO National Reconnaissance Office COMM-IMSO-IRRG 14675 Lee Road Chantilly, VA 20151-1715 The governmentattic.org web site (“the site”) is noncommercial and free to the public. The site and materials made available on the site, such as this file, are for reference only. The governmentattic.org web site and its principals have made every effort to make this information as complete and as accurate as possible, however, there may be mistakes and omissions, both typographical and in content. The governmentattic.org web site and its principals shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused, or alleged to have been caused, directly or indirectly, by the information provided on the governmentattic.org web site or in this file. The public records published on the site were obtained from government agencies using proper legal channels. Each document is identified as to the source. Any concerns about the contents of the site should be directed to the agency originating the document in question. GovernmentAttic.org is not responsible for the contents of documents published on the website. NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE 14675 Lee Road Chantilly, VA 20151 -1715 22 November 2016 This is in response to your letter dated 22 October 2016 and received in the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on 2 November 2016. Pursuant to Executive Order 13526, Section 3.6, you requested a mandatory declassification review of "the Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) Log maintained by the National Reconnaissance Office ..
    [Show full text]
  • Deep Space Chronicle Deep Space Chronicle: a Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes, 1958–2000 | Asifa
    dsc_cover (Converted)-1 8/6/02 10:33 AM Page 1 Deep Space Chronicle Deep Space Chronicle: A Chronology ofDeep Space and Planetary Probes, 1958–2000 |Asif A.Siddiqi National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA SP-2002-4524 A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes 1958–2000 Asif A. Siddiqi NASA SP-2002-4524 Monographs in Aerospace History Number 24 dsc_cover (Converted)-1 8/6/02 10:33 AM Page 2 Cover photo: A montage of planetary images taken by Mariner 10, the Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter, Voyager 1, and Voyager 2, all managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Included (from top to bottom) are images of Mercury, Venus, Earth (and Moon), Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth and its Moon, and Mars) and the outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) are roughly to scale to each other. NASA SP-2002-4524 Deep Space Chronicle A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes 1958–2000 ASIF A. SIDDIQI Monographs in Aerospace History Number 24 June 2002 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Office of External Relations NASA History Office Washington, DC 20546-0001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Siddiqi, Asif A., 1966­ Deep space chronicle: a chronology of deep space and planetary probes, 1958-2000 / by Asif A. Siddiqi. p.cm. – (Monographs in aerospace history; no. 24) (NASA SP; 2002-4524) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Space flight—History—20th century. I. Title. II. Series. III. NASA SP; 4524 TL 790.S53 2002 629.4’1’0904—dc21 2001044012 Table of Contents Foreword by Roger D.
    [Show full text]
  • NASA and Planetary Exploration
    **EU5 Chap 2(263-300) 2/20/03 1:16 PM Page 263 Chapter Two NASA and Planetary Exploration by Amy Paige Snyder Prelude to NASA’s Planetary Exploration Program Four and a half billion years ago, a rotating cloud of gaseous and dusty material on the fringes of the Milky Way galaxy flattened into a disk, forming a star from the inner- most matter. Collisions among dust particles orbiting the newly-formed star, which humans call the Sun, formed kilometer-sized bodies called planetesimals which in turn aggregated to form the present-day planets.1 On the third planet from the Sun, several billions of years of evolution gave rise to a species of living beings equipped with the intel- lectual capacity to speculate about the nature of the heavens above them. Long before the era of interplanetary travel using robotic spacecraft, Greeks observing the night skies with their eyes alone noticed that five objects above failed to move with the other pinpoints of light, and thus named them planets, for “wan- derers.”2 For the next six thousand years, humans living in regions of the Mediterranean and Europe strove to make sense of the physical characteristics of the enigmatic planets.3 Building on the work of the Babylonians, Chaldeans, and Hellenistic Greeks who had developed mathematical methods to predict planetary motion, Claudius Ptolemy of Alexandria put forth a theory in the second century A.D. that the planets moved in small circles, or epicycles, around a larger circle centered on Earth.4 Only partially explaining the planets’ motions, this theory dominated until Nicolaus Copernicus of present-day Poland became dissatisfied with the inadequacies of epicycle theory in the mid-sixteenth century; a more logical explanation of the observed motions, he found, was to consider the Sun the pivot of planetary orbits.5 1.
    [Show full text]