SARY-SHAGAN PROBABLE LAUNCH AREA A USSR

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 9, 2001
• Sequence Number: 86
• Publication Date: August 1, 1965
• Content Type: BRIEF

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
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TCS-81 132/65
AUGUST 1965
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Sary-Shagan Probable Launch Area A
Location: Approximately 4 nautical miles (nm) NW of the Explosives Storage
Area, Main Support Base, Sary-Shagan Antimissile Test Center; 2.5 nm NW of
Sary-Shagan M1/SAN Launch Area 1.
Negation: No activity observed in the area on
Construction activity first observed on ?lissio
General: Connected by extensive trackage and a ground scar, probably for a
cable line, with Ml/SAKI Launch Area 1, also under concurrent construction.
This area bears a resemblance to Sary-Shagan Probable Launch Area B. Both
of these areas consist of a Probable Launch Area in initial construction
stage and an Electronic Site.
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Probable Launch Area: Consists of 2 generally rectangular probable launch
sites in initial construction stage, separated by a distance of a roximate-
ly 1,800 feet. Additional clearing and grading took place from
at both sites. The azimuth of a perpendicular bisector of a line
drawn between the center of the 2 probable launch sites is degrees
(t 5 degrees). Each probable launch site is approximately 3 Meet from
the Electronic Site.
25X1D Electronic Site: On photography the Electronic Site consisted
of a revetted central control position occupied by vehicles/vans, 4 mounds
(1 occupied by a probable SIDE NET radar), and 1 probable BACK NET radar on
25X1D the ground. By two probable SIDE NET radars (a and c) and 1
probable BACK N, radar were positioned on 3 mounds and 1 probable BACK
NET (d) was on the ground. The fourth mound(e) remained unoccupied. Addi-
tional vehicles/vans had appeared in the central control position (f) during
the 4-day period. Distance from Item a to e and Item c to b is approximate-
ly 230 feet; distance from Item e to c and Item b to a is 400 feet.
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