现将英国《空间飞行》1978年7月刊载的题为《美国侦察卫星计划》一文中有关美国海洋监视卫星一节译载如下: 1968年美国海军着手研究在不载人卫星上装载雷达以监视海上舰船运动的可能性。其背景是出于他们对1956年乔斯科夫任海军司令以来,苏联海军力量的迅猛发展深表关切。曾经是美国海军畅通无阻的海洋,越来越成为苏联海军舰船耀武扬威的地方了。 The section entitled “USSARS” in the article entitled “Spacecraft of the United States” published in July 1978 in the article entitled “Space Flight” is translated as follows: In 1968, the United States Navy embarked on a study of loading radars on unmanned satellites to monitor Possibility of maritime ship movement. Its background is of deep concern for the rapid development of the Soviet naval forces since their inception as commander of the Navy in 1956. Once the unimpeded ocean of the U.S. Navy, it became more and more the place where the Soviet naval vessels darted.