Accession Number:

AD0656546

Title:

THE SPACE PROGRAMS OF THE SOVIET UNION,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Krieger,F. J.

Report Date:

1967-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

17.0

Abstract:

The following programs can be identified from published information on the missions pertaining to the different spacecraft Manned flight by means of Vostok, Voskhod, and Soyuz spacecraft Lunar flight by means of Luna probes Interplanetary flight by means of Venus, Mars, and Zond probes Scientific research by means of Cosmos, Electron, and Proton spacecraft Communications development by means of Molniya satellites Weather mapping by means of Molniya and Cosmos satellites Technological development by means of Cosmos, Polyot, Proton, and Soyuz spacecraft.

Descriptors:

• *SPACECRAFT
• *SCHEDULING
• *MANNED SPACECRAFT
• *SPACE FLIGHT
• *SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
• *ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES
• LUNAR PROBES
• SPACE COMMUNICATIONS
• METEOROLOGICAL RADAR
• SPACE PROBES
• METEOROLOGICAL CHARTS
• MAPPING
• USSR

Subject Categories:

• Manned Spacecraft

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE