SOVIET FIELD LAUNCH POINT SP-2

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000200070041-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 12, 2004
• Sequence Number: 41
• Content Type: REPORT

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 Declass Review by NIMA / DoD NPIC/R-58/62
The field launch point designated SP-2 by the Soviets, and associated
with the Sary Shagan Antimissile Test Center "SSATC has been identified
25X1 D on photography.'
25X1 B
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s seen on t e photography, Sk- consists
25X1 D nch area, measuring 1,600 by 1,000 feet. Within the fenced
area are five revetments and a launch point (Figure 2). A probable
support area containing at least two structures is situated 1,350 feet north
of the launch area and directly connected to it by road. Because of poor
image quality, no other launch points could be identified. No electronics
facilities were. discerned.
?5X1 B The photography
25X1 D reveals a fenced instrumentation facility at 47-21N 65-20E, approximately
25X1 B 4 nm west of SP-2 (Figure 2);
A graded-earth runway 4,400 feet long is located just northwest of the
installation. No aircraft were observed.
*This report supersedes a previous one, 1; based on poor-quality
gave a possible location for SP-2.
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25X1 B
TYURA
TAM
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KARSA KPAY
SP-2_
50 0 50 100
1
NAUTIfAL MILES
ROAD
-+---I I RAILROAD
TRAIL %
INTERMITTENT STREAM
INTERMITTENT LAKE
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TURKESTAN ALMA-ATA
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25X1 D
PROBARLE LAUNCH
25X1 B
SUPPORT AREA AREA
APPROX 4 NAUTICAL MILES
S P-2
47' 21 IN
65' 28'E
LAUNCH
POINT
FIGURE2. FACILITIES ATSP-2
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ACIS. WAC 246 (Aral'skoye Sea), 1st AOF a;i.
ACIS. WAC 245 (Golodnaya Steppe), 4th AO6' r .. _ _ ' 3:. Nrale 1:1,000,000 (UNCLASSIFIED)
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4. NPIC. R-57/6 Near-Ra a _ i)f the Tyura Tam Missile Test Range, USSR
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CODEWORD
y, ACSI. DC 216-60, The Chelkar Lour. -., Chelkar, USSR, Sep 60 (TOP SECRET SI
NPIC.,' B-20/61, Probable SSM Launch Art-a Nv:u \Iakat:_USSR, Aug 61 (TOP SECRET
CIA. PIC/JR-4/61, Missile-Related Activi:'., Makat Area, USSR May 61 -(TOP SECRET
REQUIREMENT
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