CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS AT LAUNCH COMPLEX G TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR

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November 1, 1963
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2O 1 i215 P78B04560A001200010015-9 Copy: ~ NPIC/R-288/63 13 Pages November 1963 CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS AT LAUNCH COMPLEX G TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR Declass reveiw-N I MA/DOD Handle Via TALENT - KEYHOLE Control Only This document contains classified information affecting the national security of the United States within the meaning of the espionage laws U. S. Code Title 18, Sections 793 and 794. The law prohibits its transmission or the revelation of its contents in any manner to an unauthorized person, as well as its use in any manner prejudicial to the safety or interest of the United States or for the benefit of any foreign government to the detriment of the United States. It is to be seen only by personnel especially indoctrinated and authorized to receive TALENT-KEYHOLE information. Its security must be maintained in accordance with KEYHOLE and TALENT regulations. TOP SECRET GROUP I / E.cl?d?d Irom o?rom?lic / Approved For Release 2001/08/21 : CIA-RDP78BO456OA001200010015-9 Approved For Release 201/08TACCIArRDP78B04560A001200010015-9 CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS AT LAUNCH COMPLEX G TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR Approved For Release 2TN 8/ 1 11&f D R7O 4560A001200010015-9 Approved For Release g01/0i2cRCIA-Ft117$B04560A001200010015-9 This report is in answer to CIA/OSI re- quirement C-S13-80,360, which requests an up- dating of NPIC/R-85/63 1/--which reported all details of Launch Complex G through Mission -and the inclusion of mis- sion-by-mission sketches of the complex during the construction phase. The requirement also asked for further information on the unidentified areas east and west of the launch complex. To satisfy this requirement, nine line drawings (Figures 1-9) have been prepared. It should be noted that these drawings show details as imaged on the photography from which each was made and are not intended to be cumulative. For this reason, it should not be considered that an item shown on one drawing has changed or been re- moved if it is not shown on a drawing based on later photography. Certain small details shown on Figure 5, based on differ from previously published drawings. These differences are the result of continued study. Otherwise, except as follows, neither the text nor the dimensions in R-85/63 need be altered or amplified: 1. The length of the missile-ready building behind launch pad Cl is 210 feet, not 140 feet. 2. The exact configuration of the elec- tronics facility (Figure 5) has not been deter- mined. Accurate determination of its physical characteristics will depend on future photo- graphic coverage. 3. The assembly and checkout building was under construction as early as The photographic coverage of Launch Com- plex G from was not of the high quality of and was lacking in detail. Interpretation of the photography was further hampered by clouds, haze, and cloud shadow. No significant change in the launch area was noted, but a probable cylindrical tank approximately 70 feet indiame- ter has been placed in the excavation forward of the left bunkered building next to launch padGi. The following changes have been noted in the areas of unidentified activity west of Complex G: the surfacing of the access road to the areas, the construction of several small buildings, partial fencing of the western area, and revetting of at least two buildings in the group on the south side of the road (Figure 8). Evidence of the unidentified activity east of Complex G was noted on Grading for a possible rail line extended east from the main rail line at a point just north of the support area. Also, grading for a road extended east from the main access road at a point on the east side of the support area. As seen on Mission 25X1 D 25X1 D 25X1 D 25X1 D Approved For Release 2001/08/21 : CIA-RDP78BO456OA001200010015-9 TOP SECRET RUFF Approved For Release' Q01/O?Al ". IA-RDP#1dB04560A001200010015-9 ROAD UNDER CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE- RAIL LINE COMPLETE LAUNCH TO L AREA' C RLEX G 25X1 D LAUNCH COMPLEX F RAIL LINE/ UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO THIS POINT- ROAD AND RAIL LINE UNDER CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE ROAD COMPLETE TO THIS POINT 25X1 D 25X1 D 25X1 D LAUNCH COMPLEX A UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO THIS POINT- WIDE-ANGLE _A-- TURNS 1 0 1 2 3 4 NAUTICAL MILES Approved For Release 2001/08/21 : CIA-RDP78BO456OA001200010015-9 TOP SECRET RUFF Approved For Releas+e4001f8812'f'`CIA-IDP78B04560A001200010015-9 NPIC/R-288/63 photography, the rail line and road were complete for approximately one nauti- cal mile and still under construction for another nautical mile, to a point where they converged in a recently graded area that contained several probable structures under construction (Figure 9). By the end of , the rail line and road had been completed to the graded construction area.. This area of unidentified activity is roughly rectangular, with its limits partly formed by probable ditching. The long axis of the rec- tangle is parallel to that of the launch area of Complex G. In the rectangular area are two shallow excavations whose limits are indistinct and a linear excavation containing a probable building under construction. The rail line may extend to one of the shallow excavations. 25X1 D MAIN ACCESS ROAD SURFACED TO THIS POINT UNIDENTIFIED SCAR GROUND SCARRING A AT LAUNCH AREA I \ I I GROUND SCARRING AT SUPPORT AREA \ 1 DRY LAKE N \ MAIN ACCESS ROAD N\ UNDER CONSTRUCTION f\ EXCAVATION FQR ASSEMBLY AND CHECKOUT BUILDING] UNDER CONSTRUCTION EXTENSIVE ACK ACTIVITY P.. \ DRY LAKE - ~~ BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTIONVOOX o `\ POSSIBLE EXCAVATIONS,,._ \l1 I I \ ASSEMBLY AND Q CHECKOUT 00\ BUILDING O 00 O O UNDER e"V BUILDINGS-O0 UNDER CONSTRUCTION FIGURE 2. CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS, LATE BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION EXTENSIVE \->TRACK ACTIVITY MAIN ACOE$S\ ROAD SURF AC\ED\ \ TO THIS PbIN\T j\\ \\ \\ I DR r' L d1 / \ Approved For Release 2001/08/21 $e&RgP7P 60A001200010015-9 T 'ET Approved For Release 2081/088cRFA1Rff04560A001200010015-9 NPIC/R-288/63 R\ , J / ? UNIDEN T I FIED 0eJE:CTS UNIDENTIFIED CIRC ES \ QJ., ` P r.~ EARTH MOUNDS LAUNCH AREA X:TENSIVF_ TRACK ACTIVITY THROUGH T-US AREA LX C A VIIATIONS 1 .>EARTH EXCAVATION MOUNDS Rail line Rail line under construction Road Road under construction Fence ^ Building II Building under construction Ditching 7 INCLINED CONVEYER ;MOTOR/ EQUIPMENT POOL FIGURE 3. CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS ASSEMBLY AND y__.- 7 O CHECKOUT BUILDING Approved For Release 2001/08/21 : CIA-RDP78BO456OA001200010015-9 TOP SECRET RUFF /1RET Approved For Release4eT01 / CIA-RDP7RUFF8B04560A001200010015-9 NPIC/R-288/63 25X1 D UNIDENTIFIED 1 OBJECT Rail line Road Road under construction Fence Building Building under construction Ditching Unidentified scarring EXTENSIVE TRACK ACTIVITY THROUGH THIS AREA LAUNCH AREA ASSEMBLY AND CHECKOUT BUILDING ? Off`; SUPPORT AREA (EXCAVATION MOTOR/EQUIPMENT POOL Approved For Release 2001/08 TOP /21 SO--ET P.7eW56OA001200010015-9 Approved For Release lg?/0& cRI-R[W*04560A001200010015-9 N PJC;/R -288/63 ASSEMBLY AND CHECKOUT BUILDING EXTENSIVE --RACK ACTIVITY THROUGH THIS AREA ELECTRONICS FACILITY ?7~UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT S EX CA VA TIONS 1 DRY LAKE O 0~' ~? ,~?o SUPPORT AREA -,.~ OBJECT' / Rail line Rail line under construction Road Road tinder construction Fence Building Building under construction Ditching Unidentified scarring FIGURE 5. CONSTRJCTION PROGRESS Approved For Release 2001/08/21 : CIA-RDP78BO456OA001200010015-9 TOP SECRET RUFF Approved For Releas 9 01A$/2'I' :VIA-RDP78B04560A001200010015-9 NPIC/R-288/63 25X1 D PROBABLE TANK APPROXIMATELY 70' DIAMETER BUNKERED BUILDINGS EARTH-MOUNDED READY BUILDING APPROXIMATELY 210' X 80' RAIL LINE AND ROAD TO UNIDENTIFIED ACTIVITY 25X1 D DRY LAKE Rail line Road Road under construction Fence ? Building 11 Building under construction Ditching Unidentified scarring 1000 O 1000 2000 3000 FEET (APPROXIMATE) MOTOR/EQUIPMENT POOLS Approved For Release 2TOP$/SECR~FDPR7O ?'560A001200010015-9 Approved For Release lg?/O8 cEFA-R[ fi0456OA001200010015-9 EARTH-MOUN OED READY BUILDING APPROXIMATELY 210' x 80' ROAD TO _ NI1 ENTIFIED ACTIVITY POS5I BLE CONCRETE SLAB LAUNCH AREA READY BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION UNIDENTIFIED +T RU C TU RES ASSEMBLY AND CHECKOUT BUILDING _y. I Rail line Road Road under construction ^ Building ri Building under construction Unidentified scarring 700 0 1000 2000 3000 40 FEET (APPROXIMATE) FIGURE 7. CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS -8_ Approved For Release 2001/08/21 : CIA-RDP78BO456OA001200010015-9 TOP SECRET R(JFF Approved For Releasl7001/A12gRt A-AY B0456OA001200010015-9 ^ J/7u f -{ Road Road under construction Trail Fence Probable fence line Building ^ Building under construction Probable building under construction Revetment Ditching Unidentified scarring FIGURE 8. AREA OF UNIDENTIFIED ACTIVITY WEST OF COMPLEX G. NO TE7 PHOTOGRAPHY OF WAS OBSCURED BY CLOUDS, HAZE AND CLOUD SHADOW, SHOWING NO FURTHER DETAILS IN THIS AREA. NPIC/R-288/63 ? I I- Approved For Release TOP08SECRET DRU~~4560A001200010015-9 Approved For Release l/08 4-R[W&904560A001200010015-9 N?IC/R -288/63 UNIDENTI =1ED OBJECT I CLEAR AREAS/ EXTENSIVELY TRACKED ?f_7UNI DEN TI FI ETD -- OBJECTS RAIL LINE AND ROAD COMPLETE TO THESE POINTS 500 0 500 10001500 FEET APPROXIMATE Rail line Rail line under construction Road Road under construction Probable building under construction Probable ditching Unidentifiedscarring /UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT I RAIL LINE AND ROAD COMPLETE TO THESE POINTS FIGURE 9. AREA OF UNIDENTIFIED ACTIVITY EAST OF COMPLEX G. Approved For Release 2001/08/21 : CIA-RDP78BO456OA001200010015-9 !'(-)P #-'CRET RUFF Approved For Release 2'Q01/0? 2' !" ~l -R%Y7$B04560A001200010015-9 NPIC. R-85/63, Launch Complex G, Tyura Tam Missile Test Center. 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