CHELYABINSK-KARAGANDA PORTION OF A SOVIET EAST-WEST MICROWAVE RELAY LINK

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Publication Date: February 1, 1968
• Content Type: REPORT

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
CHELYABINSK-KARAGAN DA
PORTION OF A SOVIET
EAST-WEST MICROWAVE
RELAY LINK
TCS-20096/68
FEBRUARY 1968
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NAME
Chelyabinsk - Karaganda Portion of a Soviet East - West Microwave Relay
Link
A 500-nautical mile (nm) segment of an East - West microwave relay
link along the rail line between Chelyabinsk and Karaganda, USSR, has been
identified on 25X1 D
The identified
portion o is link includes the 20 facilities which are designated 1
through 20 on Figure 1 and in the listing below. Photographs of facilities
1 and 2 are included on Figure 1 as representative of the 2 types of
facilities observed in this link.
1. 3 nm West of Zauralskiy at 54-48N 06l-llE
2. 1.5 nm Northeast of.Yuzhnouralsk at 54-27N 061-17E
. Center of Troitsk at 54-04N 061-37E
4. 0.5 nm North of Komsomolets at 53-45N 062-02E
5. 2 nm Southwest of Fedorovka at 53-57N 062-40E
6. 0.5, nm East of Ozernaya at 53-26N 063-14E
7. 2 nm Southeast of Kustanay at 53-11N 063-39E
8. 0.5 nm North of Glazunovskiv at 52-55N 06~-48E
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VVIestern edge of Novonezhinka at 52-32N 064-02
North edge of Kushmurun at 52-28N 064-37E
Ii.. 1 nm South of Koybagar at 52-17N 065-01E
nm East of Tyuntyugur at 52-OTN 065-4>E
0$. nm Southeast of Yesil at 51-55N 066-28E
.6. 1. nm North of Zhaksy at 51-55K 067-19E
-5ON 067-55E
_6. ; nrn East of Atbasar at 51-68N 068-26E
I'(. nm South of Yelizavetogradskoye at `>1-2 iN 0`
I_ urn Southeast of Vishnevka at 50-48N 072-12E
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`:. 11 nm South of Osakarovka at 50-SON 072-$2E
nm Northwest of Temir-Tau at 50-08N 072-52E
!Mach facility consists of a microwave tower and a ontrol_ building.
n1i-scale photography precludes identification o_' ;he size, type, and
1_en.tation of the microwave elements.
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FIGURE 1. CHELYABINSK - KARAGANDA PORTION OF A SOVIET EAST - WEST MICROWAVE RELAY LINK
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