PROBABLE ALTITUDE TEST POSITION AT KAZAN MISSILE PROPULSION R&D FACILITY, USSR

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05162A000400010131-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 14, 2011
• Sequence Number: 131
• Publication Date: December 1, 1976
• Content Type: REPORT

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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION CENTER
PHOTOGRAPHIC
I NTERPRETATION
REPORT
PROBABLE ALTITUDE TEST
POSITION AT KAZAN MISSILE
PROPULSION R&D FACILITY, USSR
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PROBABLE ALTITUDE TEST POSITION AT KAZAN MISSILE
PROPULSION R&D FACILITY, USSR
1. A probable altitude test position (Figure 1) was nearly complete at Kazan Missile
Propulsion Research and Development (R&D) Facility when seen on
photography of September 1976. It is the larger of two vertical test positions at the facility.
2. The probable altitude test position consists of a crane-served test cell ducted
through an associated building to a probable atmospheric exhaust vent (Figure 2).
Construction of the associated building began in 1967, but work on the test cell was not
started until 1972. During the delayed construction of the test cell, the v6ntilation system for
the associated building was probably modified, indicating that the associated building may
not have originally been designed to serve the new test cell.
3. The identification of the Kazan probable altitude test position is primarily based
upon its similarity to the J-4 altitude test position at the Large Rocket Facility, Arnold
Engineering Development Center, Tullahoma, Tennessee (Figure 3). Both positions contain
a vertical test cell constructed partially below ground. Each cell is served by the same type
of gantry crane. At each position, exhaust appears to be ducted away in the same manner to
remote atmospheric exhaust vents of similar design. A possible capsule under construction
at the Kazan test cell is smaller than, but otherwise similar to, the J-4 test capsule:
Like the J-4 test capsule, the possible
The Kazan cell is much smaller, but no estimate of its thrust capability is available.
Kazan capsule is apparently constructed rom several vertically stacked parts, including a
semipermanent base spool, one or more extension spools, and a lid.
4. Another possible component of the Kazan test cell was observed under the gantry
crane (Figure 1) on three occasions The object is
cylindrically shaped Additional construction
materials/cell components were noted at the test position and new construction was observ-
ed nearby, indicating that the test position was still incomplete.
5. Although no diffuser has been identified for the Kazan test cell, the similarity
between the Kazan and J-4 cells is great enough to suggest that the Kazan position is design-
ed for altitude testing. The most apparent difference between the two test positions is test
cell size. The very large J-4 test cell has a maximum thrust capability of 1.5 million pounds.
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