PEIPING MISSILE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION CENTER CHANG-HSIN-TIEN, CHINA OCTOBER 1965

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 17, 2011
• Sequence Number: 86
• Publication Date: December 1, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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PEIPING MISSILE
DEVELOPMENT AND
PRODUCTION CENTER
CHANG-HSIN-TIEN, CHINA
OCTOBER 1965
DECEMBER 1965
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PEIPING MISSILE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION CENTER
CHANG-HSIN-TIEN, CHINA
OCTOBER 1965
The Peiping Missile Development and Pro-
duction Center Chang-hsin-tien (PMDPC,C
is 3 nautical miles (nm) west
of Chang-hsin-tien and 13 nm southwest of Pei-
ping, China, at 39-49-30N 116-08-OOE (Fig-
ure 1). The major components of the PMDPC
are the Rocket Engine Test Facility, the Main
Administration Area, the Industrial/Research
and Development (R & D) Area, the thermal
powerplant, and 2 housing areas. October
1965KH-7 KEYHOLE photography of the cen-
ter is excellent, and several significant fea-
tures have been identified in the Rocket En-
gine Test Facility and in the Industrial/R
& D Area. An analysis of earlier photography
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of the installation indicated that some of these
features existed in September 1961 and Novem-
ber 1964.
The Rocket Engine Test Facility occupies
the northern portion of the PMDPC and consists
of 3 vertical test stands, a horizontal test site,
2 assembly/checkout buildings, a components
test area, and several support buildings (Fig-
ure 2). Construction activity north of the test
stands has been identified as a possible pro-
pellant production area under construction.
The area contains 2 vented production buildings,
2 storage tanks, and a small structure, all of
which are interconnected by ditches for under-
ground pipelines. Two support buildings, sev-
eral small structures, and a possible storage
tank are situated nearby. In the Components
Test Area cast of the vertical test stands,
principal facilities include 2 components test
buildings and a possible components test build-
ing which was identified in October 1965.
The westernmost test building, the largest of
the 3, apparently contains a single test position;
the middle test building contains 2 test positions;
and the easternmost possible test building, the
smallest of the 3, appears to contain 2 test
positions. The roofs over all test positions
appear to have been constructed so that an
accidental explosion would be forced upward.
The area also contains a control building and
several support buildings.
At the vertical test stands contaminant
stains are visible in the sumps used for catching
runoff from the water cascade cooling systems.
Three rail cars and a probable switch engine
were observed near the middle test stand.
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FIGURE 3. WIND TUNNEL IN THE INDUSTRIAL/R 8 D AREA,
OCTOBER 1965.
The Industrial/R & D Area is south of the
Rocket Engine Test Facility and consists of
research and development, industrial, admin-
istration, and housing facilities. The area is
rail served, and a surfaced road extends
directly to the Rocket Engine Test Facility.
In the separately secured southwest section
of the area an irregularly shaped structure
has been identified as a continuous-flow wind
tunnel (Figures 2 and 3). It was not present
in March 1964 but was observed in November
1964; at the present time it is nearing com-
pletion. The tunnel measures 240 feet long
overall and has a model preparation, mounting,
and recording section measuring 135 by 60
by approximately 50 feet high. The outside
of the flow chamber is square rather than
round. A row of several curved objects re-
sembling segments of circular tunnel sections
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FIGURE 4. CYLINDRICAL OBJECT IN THE INDUSTRIAL/R 8 D
AREA, OCTOBER 1965.
or a large conduit are situated northeast of
the wind tunnel. A large group of horizontal
pressure-type tanks, a bank of cooling towers,
and 3 large buildings are situated near the
wind tunnel and resemble facilities for gas
dynamics, supersonic wind tunnels. The pres-
sure-type tanks and the 3 buildings were pres-
ent in September 1961.
The open storage yard in the northeast
section of the Industrial/R & D Area contains
a light-toned cylindrical object situated near a
ponent, such as a sonic test chamber or a
vacuum aspirator.
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