TWO TRACKING FACILITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000100240129-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 6, 2000
• Sequence Number: 129
• Publication Date: April 20, 1960
• Content Type: BRIEF

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Approved For Release 2000/08/04: CIA-RDP78TO5439A000100240129-6
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE CENTER
The COORDINATES of the tracking facility located about 2 nm
southeast of Karkaralinsk, USSR should be changed from 45?24'N
75?29'E to 49?24'N 75?29'E. The same change should.also be made
ERRATUM SHEET FOR PIC/JB-73/60
Declassification review by NIMA/DOD
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JOINT 'PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE BRIEF
ARMY-NAVY-CIA-AIR FORCE
('Pu'blished and Disseminated by CIA/PIC)
SUBJECT :
Two Tracking Facilities
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LOCATION :
Near Dzhezkazgan and
DATE :
20 kpril 1960
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Karkaralinsk
COORD:
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29
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47
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WAC NO :
245 & 238
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29
Z4'N 75
REMARKS:
geographic positioning of these facilities is only approximate at this
positioned in the same pattern associated with each buil ing_ There are
indications of various other tracking, instrumentation, and communica-
tions equipment at each facility. In addition, eactl facility has a secured
support area with about 20 buildings.
NOTE: Because of the poor quality of base maps of this area and
the scattered cloud cover on the photography, it is emphasized that the
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This brief, resulting from a preliminary photograpl-ic analysis,
identifies two similar tracking facilities, one at approximately 47?48'N/
67?29'E, -about 3 nautical miles south of Dzhezkazgan, akd the other at
approximately 4 024'N/75?29'E, about 2 nm southeast. of Karkaralinsk,.
USSR. In physical layout and equipment, these facilitie are similar to
a tracking facility at Chelkar, USSR (47?45'N/59?35'E?. 8 Also, some
similar equipment has been identified near Launch Complex "D" at
Vladimir-ovka.. Each facility has two operations areas. One operations
area consists primarily of a TOKEN and a BAR LOCK r.dar; the other
contains two separated instrumentation buildings, with three vehicles
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