A HARD IRBM LAUNCH POSITION GELLI LAUNCH AREA NO 3, USSR

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• Publication Date: November 1, 1963
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DESCRIPTION OF
A HARD IRBM LAUNCH POSITION
AT GELLI LAUNCH AREA NO 3, USSR
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Title: 1escription of a Hard IRBM
Lawlch Position at Gelli
Launch Area No 3, USSR
Photo Data
Geo Coords;
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References: USATC Series 200, Sheet 0325-8A (S)
NPIC Project J-398/63 (PC 886-63)
KIJYIIOL>J photography of
revealed through scattered
clouds a portion of the launch site of Gelli
Launch Area No 3 (TDI name, Paraul). This
following description and graphic illustration
(figure 1) are based primarily on this observa-
tion supported. by an analysis of other hard
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FIGURE 1. HARD IRBM LAUNCH POSITION, GELLI, USSR.
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November 1963
launch sites on earlier K1JY[IOLL photography.
The hard launch position consists of a
concrete platform 100 by 70 ft, at the center
of which is located a launch silo. The aperture
of the silo at the surface level ism in
diameter. Within the aperture and at a lower
level there is an inner casing with an inside
diameter of and a wall thickness of approx-
imately A probable separation of approx-
imately exists between the outside circum-
ference of the inner casing and the outside
silo wall. This probable separation is imaged
on the photography as a dark band along the
entire outside circumference of the inner casing.
A deflection wall of undetermined size is posi-
tioned on either side and parallel to the sides
of the surface platform. These pr. ovide pro-
tection for probable rails located inboard of each
wall and the sides of the silo cover, which
slides horizontally along the inward sides of the
walls. The silo cover measures 55 ft on a
side and has an overall height of approximately
15 ft. The top of the cover is somewhat
pyramidal in design. When the silo cover
is in a closed position two probable rail founda-
tions are evident extendingperpendicularly from
the forward edge of the surface foundation. These
appear as concrete strips and are separated
by approximately 50 ft.
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