ICBM COMPLEX, YOSHKAR-OLA, USSR LAUNCH AREAS E AND F

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• Publication Date: September 1, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
ICBM COMPLEX, YOSHKAR-OLA, USSR
LAUNCH AREAS E AND F
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ICBM COMPLEX, YOSHKAR-OLA, USSR
LAUNCH AREAS E AND F
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This re ort ba on photography of = ICBM Complex, contained in NPIC/R-241/64,
, updates material on dated April 1965.1/
Launch Areas E (5)* and F (6)*, Yoshkar-Ola
LAUNCH AREA E
Launch Area E (56-33N 48-12E) consists
of a completed Type III) launch site and a site
support facility. It is situated in a heavily
wooded area 5.6 nautical miles (nm) east of
the complex support facility, on the south side
of the complex main road (Figure 1). Although
construction activity was observed at the site
support facility as early as
there was no evidence of the launch site
until , when it was
detected in a midstage of construction. The
site was considered complete by
A single security fence, encompassing an
area approximately 2,180 by 1,700 feet, encloses
the launch site. Thirteen buildings are located
within the site. An earth-banked missile-ready
building, canted outward about 30 degrees, is
650 feet behind the left pad. Two earth- mounded
canted buildings are. inboard of each pad, and
three earth-mounded buildings are in line down
the center of the site. One building is adjacent
to the western side of the missile-ready build-
ing. An erector/shelter is on each pad. The
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The site support facility is divided into an
administration and housing section and a housing
section. The administration and housing sec-
tion is 3,200 feet northeast of the launch site.
It contains seven buildings, five of which are T
shaped. The housing section is 2,100 feet
northeast of the launch site. It contains 22
buildings, including 7 barracks-type and 15
other buildings of various sizes. Twelve
buildings are scattered around the perimeter
of the site support facility, including the two
small buildings across the complex main road,
3,000 feet north of the housing section.
Just west of the housing section is a clear-
ing, 500 by 400 feet, which is probably an ath-
letic/drill field. A probable substation con-
taining one building, and a power trace paral-
leling the complex main road, are 3,900 feet
north of the launch site.
LAUNCH AREA F
Launch Area F (56-36N 48-28E) consists of
a completed Type IID launch site and a site sup- ^
port facility. It is situated h
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n t e crest of a low No security fencing is apparent around the
hill 13.1 nm east-northeast of the complex sup- launch site. There are 16 buildings in the launch
port facility (Figure 2). The launch area was site. An earth-banked missile-ready building,
first seen in ??,, _
*TDI site designator is indicated in parentheses.
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Pad orientation
335?
? 980'
Pad separation
Missile-ready building
170
x 125
1 Building
130
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30
1 Center building
110
x
45
1 Center building
110
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4 Canted buildings
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1 Building
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1 Building
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SITE SUPPORT\FACILITY
Road
Ttai,l
Power trace
Cableway ,. .
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AN.D HOUSING
Earth-mounded putlaing
L Earth-banked building
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SITE SUPPORT FACILITY
ADMINISTRATION AND HOUSING SECTION
1 Building 140 x 30 1 T-shaped building
4 T-shaped buildings 110 x 30
5 Buildings
1 Building
1 Building
I Building
1 Building
70 x 30
HOUSING SECTION
140 x 45 2 Buildings
135 x 85 1 Building
120 x 40 1 Building
115 x 35 1 Building
110 x 65 1 Building
ALL DIMENSIONS SHOWN IN FEET
FIGURE 1. YOSHKAR-OLA LAUNCH AREA E.
.100 x 30
60 x 45
110 x 30
100 x 30
95 x 50
75 x 50
75 x 45
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BUILDINGS
SITE SUPPORT
FACILITY ONSTRUIC CONSTRUCTION
SITE SUPPORT FACILITY
ADMINISTRATION AND HOUSING SECTION
Pad orientation
335?+5?
Pad separation
980
1 T-shaped building
160 x 45
1 Building
105 x 30
3 Missile-ready buildings
170 x 60
30 x 30
2 Buildings
100 x 35
2 Center buildings
110 x 30
8 Buildings
140 x 45
1 L-shaped building
100 x 35
1 Center building
90 x 30
1 Building
130 x 90
50 x 30
4 Canted buildings
90 x 30
1 Building
120 x 60
1 Building
95 x 40
1 Building
80 x 45
1 Building
110 x 30
1 Building
85 x 45
1 Building
45 x 45
1 Building
105 x 80
1 Building
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hind the right pad. Two earth-banked missile-
ready buildings serve the left pad. One is 700
feet behind the pad and in line with it. The
other is 625 feet behind the pad and canted out-
ward about 30 degrees. Two earth-mounded
canted buildings are inboard of each pad, and
four earth-mounded buildings are located at
the center of the site. One small building is
near the entrance to the missile-ready building
which is in line with the left pad. Each pad con-
The site support facility is 2,270 feet south-
west of the launch site. It consists of an ad-
ministration and housing section which contains
two groups of buildings. One group contains 27
buildings, including one large T-shaped build-
ing, 9 barracks-type buildings, and one build-
ing under construction. The other group con-
tains seven buildings of various sizes, including
an L-shaped building.
An isolated building is in a clearing on the
south side of the access road, across from the
administration and housing section. This area
is probably an athletic field or motor pool. A
power trace approaches the site support facility
from the southwest.
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US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 0155-22HL, 3d ed, Feb 63, scale 1.200,000 (SECRET)
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