CHRONOLOGY OF UFA STATIC TEST FACILITY USSR

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
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CHRONOLOGY
OF UFA STATIC TEST FACILITY
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MARCH 1968
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CHRONOLOGY OF UFA STATIC TEST FACILITY USSR
SUMMARY/CONCLUSIONS
This report, a chronology of construction at the Ufa
Static Test Facility, presents data useful in determining
the relationships of it and various similar test facilities
to the overall Soviet rocket engine development, test,
and production program. There have been no major
changes or additions in the Ufa facility since it was first
observed in April 1962. An analysis of the test building
at the facility and a comparison with similar horizontal
test buildings in the USSR suggest that the facility is
engaged in the testing of small rocket engines/components
and that it may be testing rocket engines/components
produced at known aircraft engine plants located in the
same general area.
INTRODUCTION
This report provides a construction chronology of the
Ufa Static Test Facility Ufa Rocket
Engine Test Facility), USSR, as observed on KEYHOLE
photography from April 1962 to November 1967. It also
presents a comparative study, based on KEYHOLE pho-
tography, of horizontal test buildings* at the Ufa Static
Test Facility, the Nizhnyaya Saida Static Test Facility
Nizhnyaya Salda Rocket Engine Test
Facility), the Zelenogorsk Static Test Facility
Zelenogorsk Unidentified Installation), and
the Faustovo Rocket Engine Test Facility
The comparative study of the horizontal test buildings
at these facilities, which are 4 of 11 known (and 1 suspect)
test facilities in the USSR that include such structures,
indicates a possible functional relationship between the
:These are buildings containing multiple horizontal firing positions used for "hot-
fire" testing of small rocket engines and associated components that utilize such
engines as a power source. These structures could also be utilized for a rocket
fuels development program as well as other rocket/missile-associated purposes.
test facilities and production plants located in the same
areas. It lends credence to the possibility that some, if
not all, of the production plants known to be aircraft
engine producers are also involved in the manufacture of
rocket engines/components. The comparison also serves
to demonstrate that some of the other horizontal test
buildings differ considerably in size and configuration and
that only 4 are directly comparable. Previously, all of
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these structures had been generally categorized as simi-
lar, equivalent facilities. The 4 comparable horizontal
test buildings have marked similarities in size and con-
figuration and are the principal test buildings in their
respective facilities.
UFA STATIC TEST FACILITY
The Ufa Static Test Facility is located at 54-59N
056-04E, approximately 15 nautical miles (nm) north-
northeast of Ufa (Figure 1). The facility (Figure 2) was
first observed on KEYHOLE photography
At that time, it appeared essentially as it does on November
1967 coverage. A few minor support structures have be-
come apparent since the April 1962 photography, but other-
wise the facility appears unchanged.
The installation is road and rail served and -consists
of 2 separate areas -- a secured test area (Figure 3) and
an engineering and support area (Figure 4). The test area
contains a horizontal test building (item 17, Figure 3), a
shipping/receiving facility (items 2-5), a steamplant (item
13), and an administration building (item 11). The engi-
neering and support area, located alongside the access
road, contains 2 probable engineering/laboratory buildings
(items 10 and 13, Figure 4), a steamplant (item 7), an ad-
ministration building (item 12), and various shelters and
support structures. Table 1 provides detailed information
on the structures in the installation.
The proximity of 2 aircraft engine plants, Ufa Aircraft
Engine Plants 26A and 26B, located approximately 10.5
nm south of the static test facility, suggests that the facility
could test rocket engines or component parts which are
thought to be produced at these plants. 1, 2/ A less strong
possibility as to the function of the test facility is fuels
research and development. This is suggested by the
proximity of the Ufa Petroleum Refinery Novo Chernikovsk
located approximately 3.5 nm south
of the facility.
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ENGINEERING AND
SUPPORT AREA
FIGURE 2. UFA STATIC TEST FACILITY, AUGUST 1967.
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Indicates structures
present
Indicates structures
observed
Railroad
Road
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FIGURE 3. LAYOUT OF TEST AREA, UFA STATIC TEST FACILITY.
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Road
?w? Wall
Under construction
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500
FEET (APPROXIMATE)
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Drawn from oblique photography
FIGURE 4. LAYOUT OF ENGINEERING AND SUPPORT AREA, UFA STATIC TEST FACILITY.
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Table 1. Data on Ufa Static Test Facility
(Item numbers are keyed to Figures 3 and 4)
Note: Heights are accurate to within ?10 ft. Other dimensions (except as noted*) are
whichever is greater. Dimensions are expressed as overall measurements.
accurate to within ?5 ft or 5%,
Item
No
Function/Description
TEST AREA (FIGURE 3)
1 Support bldg
2 Shipping/receiving shelter
3 Shipping/receiving bldg
4 Shipping/receiving shelter
5 Shipping/receiving bldg
6 Support bldg
7 Support shelter
8 Support bldg
9 Support bldg
10 Prob fuel tanks
11 Admin bldg
12 Pass vehicle checkpoint
13 Steamplant
14 Pass assembly/checkout bldg
15 Admin bldg
16 Support bldg
17 Horizontal test bldg
18 Support bldg
19 Poss postfire checkout bldg
20 Support bldg
21 U/i structure
22 Support shelter
23 Support shelter
24 U/i bldg
25 U/i bldg
TOTAL
Comments
Items 1-5 are railed served
Four tanks and 2
tanks are appar-
ently abandone alongside
the access road to the bldg
Two prob tanks
Has a 50-ft high bay
Roof is 25 ft high on pad
side
A small u/i structure to the SE
of this structure was first
observed Con-
struction toward the south of
item 21 is evident
photography
A small bldg to the SW was
first observed
ENGINEERING AND SUPPORT AREA (FIGURE 4)
1 U/i structures/objects
2 Support bldg
3 Support bldg
4 U/i structures/objects
5 Support bldg
6 U/i bldg/tank
7 Steamplant
8 Tank
9 U/i bldg
10 Prob engineering/laboratory bldg
11 Support bldg
12 Admin bldg
13 Prob engineering/laboratory bldg
14 Support shelter
15 Support shelter
16 Support bldg
TOTAL
Two items with same
measurements
Three structures/objects with
same measurements
Two small tanks are WNW of
item 7
U/i construction on west side
Items 14 and 15 are within a
walled prob storage area
Items 14 and 15 are within a
walled prob storage area
A smaller bldg (later removed)
was on east side of item 16
when item was first observed
*Measurements estimated by photo analyst.
**Items were complete when first observed unless otherwise noted.
***Irregular.
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NIZHNYAYA SAIDA
FIGURE 5. ARTISTS CONCEPTS OF HORIZONTAL TEST BUILDINGS AT 4 FACILITIES.
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Table 2. Comparative Data on Selected Horizontal Test Buildings in the USSR
Location
of Bldg
Appearance
Function
Dimensions (ft)*
Aprx
Roof
Cover
(sq
ft)
Basic
Plan**
Modified
Externally
Estimated
No of
Test
Positions
Has
Means of
Deflecting
Exhaust
Flames
& Gases
Comments
Similar
to Ufa
Dissimilar
to Ufa
Primary
Test
Support
Test
Ufa X
No 4 Yes Has large recessed con-
crete pad
Nizhnyaya Saida X
Yes 4 Yes Has large recessed con-
crete pad; has a prob
diffuser at east posi-
tion
Zelenogorsk
Yes 4 No May have ducts leading to 2
large stacks/silencers/
diffusers
Faustovo
No 4 Yes Has earth mound on far
side of concrete pad
Dnepropetrovsk
(DMDPC)
NA 2-3 Yes
Bldg is asymmetrical;
numerous pipes on roof;
tall stack
Zlatoust X
NA 4 Yes
Blast deflector
from bldg
Zagorsk
NA 4 Yes Has tall, slender stack
Moskva Khimki
456
NA 2-3 Yes Has diffuser and consider-
able external piping
Voronezh (older
bldg) X X
Yes 1 Yes Basic design before modi-
fication was similar but
not identical to design of
Ufa bldg
Voronezh (newer
bldg)
NA 4 Yes
Moskva
Kaliningrad 88
NA 5 Yes May have altitude simula-
tion capability
Izhevsk A suspect horizontal test building is located
here. No data on this facility are
currently available.
*Accuracy of measurements:
Ufa: ?5 ft or 5% horizontally, whichever greater; ?10 ft vertically
Nizhnyaya Saida: Less than 50 ft, whichever greater; greater than 50 ft, ?5 ft or 5%
Zelenogorsk: ?5 ft or 7%, whichever greater
Faustovo: ?10 ft
DMDPC: ? 5 ft or 5% horizontally, whichever greater; ? 10 ft vertically
Zlatoust: ?5 ft or 5% horizontally; whichever greater
Zagorsk: ?5 ft or 5% horizontally, whichever greater; ?5 ft vertically
Moskva Khimki 456: -?5 ft or 5% vertically, whichever greater
Voronezh: ?6%
Moskva Kaliningrad 88: ?5%
**Basic plan, for purposes of this table, is the plan of the Ufa bldg.
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HIGHLIGHTS OF CHRONOLOGY
1962
KH-4 photography of fair interpretability showed the
facility to be essentially complete. The roof cover in the
test area was 75,306 square feet.
1963
KH-4 photography of poor interpretability revealed
the addition of a tank (item 8, Figure 4) and an unidentified
building (item 9) in the engineering and support area.
1964
The first KH-7 coverage of the facility, in September
1964, showed a new or previously indiscernible unidenti-
fied building/tank (item 6, Figure 4) in the engineering
and support area.
1965
KH-7 coverage of good interpretability permitted ob-
servation of 4 support buildings (items 2, 3, 5, and 11,
Figure 4), 2 tanks (west-northwest of item 7), and several
structures/objects in the engineering and support area
and 4 small structures in the test area.
1966
KH-7 coverage of good interpretability revealed 3
small structures -- 1 (item 21, Figure 3) in the test
area and 2 (items14 and 15, Figure 4) in the engineering
and support area.
1967
of good interpretability revealed the
addition of an unidentified building (item 24, Figure 3), a
small unidentified structure southeast of item 21, and
evidence of a small building under construction and another
small building south of item 21. The roof cover in the
test area had increased to 75,754 square feet.
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HORIZONTAL TEST BUILDINGS
COMPARED
Similarities as well as dissimilarities have been ob-
served in the horizontal test buildings located at various
Installations in the USSR. Buildings having an appearance
similar to the horizontal test building at Ufa are found
at the Nizhnyaya Saida Static Test Facility, the Zelenogorsk
Static Test Facility, and the Faustovo Rocket Engine Test
Facility. Installations having horizontal test buildings
dissimilar to the Ufa building are the test facility of the
Dnepropetrovsk Missile Development and Production Center
tain 4 test positions, from which the test article is fired
horizontally over an apparently level portion of the ad-
joining apron. This level portion of the apron constitutes
approximately one-third of the total pad area, and it is
below the grade on which the building is sited. The de-
flector portion of the apron appears to incline back to
grade as shown in the perspective drawing (see Figure 5).
Dark stains suggesting the presence of hydrocarbon
residue have been observed on the pad since August 1963.
The facility possibly provides for sea level testing of
small rocket engines or of components which may be
produced at Ufa Aircraft Engine Plant 26A
(DMDPC,
Plant 66
, the Zlatoust Armaments
the Zagorsk Rocket Engine
located at
54-48N
056-07E, and/or
Ufa Aircraft
located at 54-58N
Engine Plant 26B
Test Facility
Krasnozavodsk
the
056-04E. 1, 2/
Moskva Missile and Space Propulsion Development Center
the Voronezh Rocket
and the Moskva
Khimki 456
Engine Test Facility
Missile and Space Development Center Kaliningrad 88
The older of 2 horizontal test build-
ings at the Voronezh installation was similar to the Ufa
building in appearance when first built, but subsequent mod-
ifications have resulted in a unique appearance, and there-
fore it is not considered in this discussion as a similar
building. A newer horizontal test building at Voronezh is
also dissimilar to the Ufa building.
Artists' concepts of the 4 similar horizontal test
buildings with insets of the best available photography of
each building are presented in Figure 5. Recent photog-
raphy of the Ufa and Nizhnyaya Saida
Installations is of good interpretability, but available
photography of the Faustovo (KH-4 coverage) and Zel-
enogorsk (KH-7 coverage) installations is of smaller
scale and of comparatively poor interpretability. Data,
Including measurements, on both the similar and dis-
similar buildings are presented in Table 2 to facilitate
comparisons. The remainder of this report consists of
descriptions of the similar horizontal test buildings and
general comment on features they have in common.
UFA
The horizontal test building at the Ufa Static Test Fa-
cility (Figure 5 and item 17, Figure 3) appears to con-
NIZHNYAYA SALDA
The horizontal test building at the Nizhnyaya Saida
Static Test Facility (58-09N 060-56E) physically resembles
the building at the Ufa facility, although the configuration
of the blast deflector and the mensuration differ. The
building appears to have 4 test positions, one of which is
believed to have an altitude simulation capability because
of the presence of a probable diffuser at 1 position.
The apron across which the 4 positions apparently
fire is at grade for approximately one-sixth of its total
length, drops sharply for approximately the same dis-
tance, and then inclines back to grade.
The Perm Aircraft Engine Plant Stalin 19
located at 57-59N 056-15E, is the nearest
known aircraft engine plant; however, the articles tested
at the Nizhnyaya Saida facility may be manufactured
locally.
FAUSTOVO
The horizontal test building at the Faustovo Rocket
Engine Test Facility (55-28N 038-30E) is similar to the
Ufa building in appearance but has smaller dimensions.
The building configuration suggests that is also contains 4
firing positions for sea level testing. The apron appears
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to be level, and it has a protective barricade along the
outermost edge.
As in the case of the other facilities under discussion,
a relationship is possible between the facility and an
aircraft engine plant. The engine plant possibly related
to the horizontal test building at Faustovo may be Moskva
Aircraft Engine Plant Tushino 500
located at 55-50N 037-26E.
ZELENOGORSK
The horizontal test building at the Zelenogorsk Static
Test Facility (60-14N 029-43E) resembles the building at
Ufa, but its dimensions correspond more closely to those
of the building at Nizhnyaya Saida. The Zelenogorsk
building probably has 4 test positions, 3 of which apparently
have an altitude simulation capability. The fourth position
shows no evidence of the protection which is commonly
associated with this type of building, suggesting that this
position may not be used in a "hot-fire" capacity.
The Zelenogorsk facility may have a relationship
with an aircraft engine plant as in the cases of Ufa and
Faustovo. The plant possibly related to this facility could
be Leningrad Aircraft Engine Plant 466
located at 59-60N 030-22E.
GENERAL COMMENT
Each of the 4 similar horizontal test buildings de-
scribed in the foregoing paragraphs is the principal test
structure of its respective facility. Except for the hori-
zontal test buildings at Zlatoust Armaments Plant 66
and the Moskva Kaliningrad 88 facility, the previously
mentioned buildings at the Dnepropetrovsk, Moskva Khimki
456, Zagorsk, and Voronezh installations probably provide
for test functions that are in support of the primary test
functions of their respective facilities.
A suspect test building which may eventually be identified
as comparable with the 4 similar buildings discussed in this
report has been seen at the Izhevsk Suspect Rocket Engine/
Components Test Facility, located at 56-56N 053-24E.
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REFERENCES (Continued)
MAPS OR CHARTS
ACIC, USATC, Series 200, Sheet 0165-10
ACIC, USATC, Series 100, Sheet 0165-9897A
ACIC, USATC, Series 25, Sheet 0165-9897-2-25MA
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CIA. C-DI5-82,973
NPIC PROJECT
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