MOSCOW GUIDED MISSILE ENGINE PLANT 456 KHIMKI, USSR (Sanitized)

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• Publication Date: February 1, 1965
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MOSCOW GUIDED MISSILE
ENGINE PLANT 456
KHIMKI, USSR
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MOSCOW GUIDED MISSILE ENGINE PLANT 456, KHIMKI, USSR
The Moscow Guided Missile Engine Plant
456, Khimki, USSR, consists of an assembly
and fabrication plant and a static test facility.
A previous report presented a detailed study
of the assembly and fabrication plant, but the
quality of the available KEYHOLE photography
permitted only confirmation of the presence
of the test facility. 1/ Higher-quality pho-
tography of
permits identification of 3 vertical test stands,
a possible test stand, and support facilities
in the test facility, and it also permits some
refinement of building dimensions in the as-
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MOSCOW GUIDED
MISSILE ENGINE
PLANT 456, KHIMKI
Khimki
sembly and fabrication plant. Compa -at:ve
photography of the installation indicates mat
no significant change has taken place since
the Moscow Guided Missile Engine El ant
456, Khimki, USSR (13E No is
located at 55-54N 37-27E, 11 nautical miles
(nm) northwest of the center of Moscow in he
suburb of Khimki (Figure 1). The insrrllalLan
consists of an assembly and fabrication plant,
designated in this report as the Planl Arca,
and a static test facility, designated as the
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Test Area (Figures 2 and 3). Alternate names
for the installation arc as follows: 1) Special
Design Bureau and Experimental Factory for
Missile Engine Development, Moskva/Khimki,
and 2) Moscow: Special Design Bureau (OKB)/
Plant No 456, Khimki. Facilities of the Special
Design Bureau and those of Plant 456 are
reported to be mingled or shared. 2/
This report u dates a previous report
based on KEYHOLE
and on
raphy. 1 No significant
however, KEYHOLE photography of
through now permits firm iden-
tification of test stands and other significant
details of the Test Area.
The Plant Area consists of 15 major build-
ings and numerous smaller structures and sheds
(Figures 2 and 3). The buildings have a total
roof coverage of 1,265,000 square feet; 4 large
assembly buildings represent 77 percent of the
total, or about 980,000 square feet.
't'here have been no significant changes in
the Plant Area since it was first seen on
KEYHOLE photography in _ Only minor
changes took place in the Plant Area during the
period covered by this report
through The most notable
findings reported here are revised building
dimensions derived from photography of -
which is of higher
quality than was previously available. The
building dimensions and other significant details
are shown in Figure 3.
The Test Area consists of 3 vertical test
stands, a possible vertical test stand, at least
1 probable assembly/checkout building, and
other support buildings (Figures 2 and :); is
is road served only. This area and the i'lanr
Area are enclosed by the same perimeter fence
the two areas being connected by a fencec
corridor (Figure 3). A perspective view of th,
Test Area is presented on Figure 4.
The Test Area was not present in
and was first seen on =KEYIIOLI. pan 25X1D
tography; however, collateral sources r( Dori
its presence prior to = 2/ I~etail~ of 25X1 D
the test stands and other features of the area
could first be distinguished on KEYIIOLI lio-
tography of A comparison rn
earlier with recent photography indicates thai
there were no significant changes between=
The 3 vertical test stands (items 1, 2, and
3, Figure 3) and the possible test stand (item
4) are tall structures built on the brink of
a bluff. The stands are served by far ge-
diameter overhead pipes which pass by or
through adjoining support structures. A large
circular tank probably used for effluent col-
lection is built on the valley floor helow Test
Stands 1 and 2. A large shop building (item
10) and a probable checkout building (item 13)
are the most notable support buildings.
The stands appear to be comparatively
small, and other factors would also limit the
size of the engines that can be tested. Engine
size would be limited by the fact that access
roads to the stands pass under the overhead
pipelines, by the proximity of the support
structures which are within 100 feet of the
stands, and by the position of the tank below
the stands.
POSSIBLY RELATED AREAS
The former Moscow/Khimki Airfield North
just west of Plant 456 was replaced by a new
building area and by a possible missile guidance
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LENGTH WIDTH
(FT)* (FT)*
TEST AREA
1
50 x 35
2
50 x 50**
3
50 x 50**
4
30 x 20
5
65 x 40
6
185 x 90
7
130 x 45
8
150 x 30
9
170 x 45
10
360 x 100
11
235 x 70
12
200 x 60
13
185 x 100
14
185 x 60
OTHERS
PLANT AREA
15
680 x
60
16
375 x
210
17
275 x
80
18
310 x
90
19
185 x
85
20
210 x
80
21
465 x
275
22
240 x
110
23
920 x
765
24
465 x
80
25
260 x
90
26
180 x
70
27
205 x
65
28
560 x
175
29
IRREGULAR
OTHERS
PLANT TOTAL
*OveraH dimensions
**Tower only
1,750
2,500
2,500
600
2,600
16,650
5,850
4,500
7,650
36,000
11,200
12,000
18,500
11,100
31,600
40,800
78,750
22,000
27,900
15,725
16,800
127,875
20,400
675,275
37,200
23,400
12,600
10,775
98,000
26,000
31,500
1,265,000
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grid sometime prior toMFigures 2 and 3).
These facilities may be related to Plant 45b.
The new building area on the southeast edge
of the former airfield was under construction
when first seen in and now appears
almost complete (Figure 3). It contains 7
major structures, the most notable being a
large multistory building and 2 large U-shaped
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buildings. The bulk of cite airtieid wJ~ .:.o -
verted into the possible missile guidan.~ c.r -
ibration grid (Figure 2). it consists o, sc of grids, 2 towers, 2 raclon,e-type . ii
and several buildings. The radometyp,: it c,
tures are spherical and are probably die,- l,h~,:
ical objects that have been observed ;,t i'ii i
456 by ground observers. 1/
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DOCUMENTS
1. NPIC. R-128/64, Moscow G'?ii.ttel tlissi/C 1E'n.ryioC Plaol Ip56, Klcdmlri, USSII, Feb 64 (TOP SECRET RUICE)
2. CIA. SI 81-59, SpCCial I)Cs'i.gn Hill.( rau (roul Esj)rrimenlul Factory for Missile Enyine Oca:C/nununl? 1u~IC 1;"hh Sri'
2 Oct 59 (SECRET)
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