SEARCH FOR ICBM/SPACE VEHICLE OPERATIONS NEAR BAYKONUR, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000200070132-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 11, 2004
• Sequence Number: 132
• Publication Date: August 16, 1961
• Content Type: MF

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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
POST OFFICE BOX 2821
WASHINGTON 13. D. C.
Declass Review by NIMA / DoD
Copy 1 7 .16 August 1961
2 Pages NPIC/IM-10/61
MINICARD COPY
MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, NSA/A4
THROUGH:
ATTENTION:
SUBJECT:
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Search for ICBM/Space Vehie Operations
Near Baykonur, USSR
REFERENCES: (a) Requirement NSA/A4/R20-6
(b) NPIC Project JN-210/61
1. This memorandum is in answer to a request for a detailed
examination of the area within a 20-nautical-mile radius of Baykonur
(47-50N 66-03E) in Soviet Kazakhstan for evidence of an ICBM/space
vehicle Launch facility- According to Soviet open-source literature,
Baykonur was the launch point for spaceships Vostok I-and II.
25X1 D 2. No ICBM/space vehicle facili or associated activity was
observed in the area on photography of
25X1 D These missions include all of the
v e usa a coverage o e Baykonur area. The following photog-
raphy was examined for the purpose of this area search:
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SUBJECT: Search for ICBM/Space Vehicle Operations
Near Baykonur. USSR
3. 'here is no photographic evidence in the Kazakhstan area to
indicate a capability for Soviet ICBM or space vehicle launchings from
other than the known launch points at Tyura Tam Missile Test Center.
FOR THE DIRECTOR, NPIC
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