MISSILE AND PROPULSION TEST COMPLEX NEAR PEIPING CHINA

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT MINICARD COP
NPIC 'R?27'63
March 1963
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MISSILE AND PROPULSION -TEST
COMPLY X NEAR PEIPING, CHINA
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ARMY NAVY AIR FORCE
eclassification review by NIMA/DOD
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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
ERRATA FOR NPIC/R-27/63
In NPIC/R-27/63, Missile and Propulsion Test Complex Near
Peiping, China, please make the following corrections:
1 . On page 2, the distance between items 1 and 2 given in the
Table of Distances should be 55 feet. ,V/
2. On page 4, column 1, line 12, the item number in the
parentheses should be 4.
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 of Chang-hsin-tien (Figure 1). The photog-
raphy of revealed no evidence of
activity at the site other than a possible air-
way beacon, one building, ground scarring at
the north end, and possibly some structures
in the subsequent Housing and/or Possible R &
evidence of a missile and propulsion test faci-
lity in China. Photographic interpretation re-
veals that the omplex is being constructed to
test missiles d high-thrust liquid-propellant
rocket engines,
There is no evidence of a manufacturing or - fa ri-
cation capability at the complex. Associated
with the Static Test Area are a Fuel Storage
Area and Possible LOX Plant, a Housing and/or
Possible R&D Area, and a Storage Area.
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The complex is composed of a Static -I est
Area with related support facilities, a Fuel
Storage Area and Possible LOX Plant, a Hous-
ing and/or Possible R & D Area, and a Stor-
age Area. It is rail and road served, with
connections to the main rail line and road
between Ching-yuan and Peiping. Air support
could be provided by numerous airfields in the
Peiping area, particularly Nan-yuan Airfield
11.5 nm east-southeast, and Lan-Lien-chang
Airfield 9.5 nm northwest of the complex:
Electric power is probably supplied by a pos-
sible tharmal power plant located about .5
nm southeast of the Static Test Area. Water
is probably taken from local sources and could
be pumped from several small streams in the
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vicinity, but no definite pipelines are discernible.
-Iwo large semiburied tanks at the north end
of the Static Test Area are 65 feet in diameter,
and probably for water storage. On-site hous-
ing is provided for an undetermined number of
personnel in the Housing and/or Possible R
& D Area southeast of the Static Test Area.
No security measures are discernible, with the
exception of some possible fencing in the Fuel
Storage Area. -1 he Chang-hsin-tien munitions
storage area, which does not appear to have
any direct association with the test complex,
adjoins it on the south. An unoccupied SA-
2 SAM site is located about one nm north-
northeast of the complex.
The Static Test Area, located about .5
nm northwest of the Housing and/or Possible
R & D Area, is situated along a ravine and
encompasses an area of approximately 2,500
by 1,000 feet. The major features in the area
are three large confirmed vertical liquid static
test stands and associated buildings. Two of
the stands are complete and one appears to be
in the final stages of construction. The area
is served by a rail spur and ap all-weather
road approximately 25 feet wide, both of which
connect with the main routes to Peiping. Feeder
roads serve all facilities within the area, and
rail spurs serve two large assembly/checkout
buildings associated with two of the stands.
Another spur appears to be oriented in the
direction of the third stand but its exact terminus
cannot be determined from the photography.
A number of possible storage tanks are scat-
tered throughout the area and ground scar-
ring in several sectors might indicate the pre-
sence of pipelines.
Static Test Stand A (Figure 2, Item A)
measures 75 by 70 feet and is approximately
Item to
Item
Distance (ft)
1
15
A
5
250
A
10
235
A
49
675
A
51
7A5
A
53
700
A
B
460
B
5
100
B
7
.'10
B
A
70
B
10
230
B
13
4~5
B
49
*20
B
51
795
B
5.3
625
B
57
740
B
Road
320
B
C
965-
C
13
450
C
15
340
C
19
120
C
57
655
C
59
405
C
Road
$60 -
5
6
165
5
15
825
15
24
275
15
25
200
24
25
140
24
26
210
26
27
70
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65 feet high. This stand is road served and
may also be rail served but a definite de-
termination of rail service cannot be sub-
stantiated. A hardstand measuring 160 by
150 feet surrounds the test stand and there are
two small support buildings directly northeast
of it. The buildings are 15 and 55 feet, re-
spectively, from the stand. A possib4& con-
trol bunker measuring 100 by 30 feet lies
about 180 fee? directly southeast of the stand.
A large possible support buildin measuring
100 by 40 feet (Figure 2, Item) is located
about 250 feet behind the stand, paralleling the
main road. The stand appears to extend over
the edge of the ravine, and is approximately
65 feet above the floor of the ravine. A
paved blast deflector extends from the base
of the stand to the bottom of the ravine. The
blast-deflector pit measures approximately 70
feet wide at the rim and 40 feet wide at the
base and is approximately 170 feet long. No
fuel tanks can be identified in the immediate
vicinity of the test stand. This stand is com-
parable in size and appearance to the smaller
stands at the Dnepropetrovsk tDAZ) test fa-
cility.
Static hest Stand B (Figure 2, Item B),
located about 460 feet southwest of Test Stand
A, measures 100 by 65 feet and is 85 feet
high. There are four support buildings about
80 feet behind the stand. The largest, a three-
story structure, measures 240 by 90 feet and
is 55 feet high (Figure 2, Item 8). It is rail
served, with the spur possibly extending to the
test stand. A possible control buildingmeasur-
ing 85 by 45 feet is located about 200 feet south
of the stand. Several small possible control
bunkers lie about 230 feet north, and 200 feet
southwest of the test stand. This stand, similar
in size and configuration to the original rest
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 stand at Kurumoch, has an overall height of
145 feet above the floor of the blast pit. A
paved blast deflector extends from the base
of the stand to the bottom of the pit. The blast-
deflector pit measures approximately 195 feet
wide at the rim and 70 feet wide at the base
and is approximately 200 feet long. A pos-
sible fuel tank, 20 feet in diameter, is located
about 100 feet east of the large support build-
ing. Two other possible fuel storage areas
are possibly associated with two 20-foot di-
ameter semiburied ranks which lie approxi-
mately 80 feet north and south, respectively,
configuration to the original test stand at Kur-
umoch, this stand was under construction inl
t had been com-
pleted to the test-stand deck. In
the superstructure was completed to a height of
approximately 70 feet. A paved blast deflector
measuring approximately 60 feet wide extends
from the base of the stand to the bottom of the
ravine 70 feet below. The blast-deflector pit
measures approximately 150 feet wide at the rim
and 75 feet wide at the base and is approximately
200 feet long. A possible garilry approximately
60 feet high is located about 35 feet behind
the stand, suggesting that the stand could be
possibly used for complete missile testing as
well as static engine tests. A ramplike structure,
similar to those at the Omsk and Perm static
control bunker. There are approximately eight
possible fuel storage tanks measuring from 20
to 25 feet in diameter in the vicinity of the
stand. The stand has three main support
buildings; the largest, a three-story structure
measuring 265 by 100 by 55 feet high, was
Included within the Static Test Area are
approximately 25 to 30 other support build-
ings ranging from 30 by 30 feet to 155 by 65
feet in size. Across the ravine, and ideally
situated in relation to the stands, are a number
of possible control and observation bunkers and
buildings, and a possible latticework tower.
and 35 feet in diameter, which may be a water
tower associated with the two 65-foot-diameter
semiburied tanks nearby. Two adjacent build-
ings could be pumphouses, although no pipe-
lines are discernible leading from the area.
Additional data on structures in the Static Test
Area are given in Table 1.
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Item (Fig 2)
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Bldg
Bldg
Po-- control bunker
Po-- -upport bldg
Support bldg
Support bldg
Support bldg
A--embly checkout bldg
Po-- fuel -torage
Po-- control hunker
Po-, bunker
Po-- control bldg
Po-- control hunker
Po-- control hunker
\--emblc checkout bldg
Bldg
Bldg
Unidentified
Pu -- control hunker
Po,- hunker
Bldg
Bldg
Bldg
Bldg
Bldg
Bldg
Bldg
13I dg
Bldg
Bldg
Bldg
Bldg
Bldg
Bldg
Bldg
Bldg
Bldg
Bldg
Bldg
Bldg
Bt
BW
Bldg
Bldg
Po-- pumphou-e
Poems pumphotl-e
Bldg
Unidentified
2 bldg:
Bldg
Bldg
Bldg
Bldg
Bldg
Po-- hunker
Po-- bunker
Po-- bunker
Bldg
Unidentified
Bldg
Approach ramp
5 ; x 25
55 x 3.5
1W) x 30
10)) x 4))
14m x 55 x 50
1.p) y !t) x 55
50 x 30
55 x 40
15 x 15
,5 x 45
25 x 25
:30 x 30
265 x 1211 x 55
75 x 30
60 x 30
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2)) ^_0
65 x 3))
65 :30
30 x _5
155 x 6'. x 1 2
?0i1 x :311
))5 x x
45 x
,0 x :35
,1) \ ,.5
4u 3u
44, x :1))
105 x 4))
310 x
105 x :35
175 c ". )
)) x 20
Ins x
,U x 30
,0 x 45
,0 x 4."'3
100 x 30
45 x45
50 x 45
1)0 x :10
40 x :30
:30 x :30
)0x2))
:l0 x 25
40 x 30
90 x :15
:311 x :11)
40 x 40
:30 x:30
40 x 25
25 x 25
100 x 50
60 x 40
40 x :35
,5 x :3))
1 30 x 35
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64
65
66
67
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69
70
71
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74
Description
Poss tank
Poss tank
Foss tank
2 posy tanks
2 poss tanks
2 posy tanks
Beacon or tower
Poss tank
Poss tank
Semihuried tanks
Semiburied tanks
Tower
Poss latticework tower
20 (diam)
20 (diam)
20 (diam)
25 (diam)
20 (diam)
25 (diam)
20 (diam)
20 (di am)
20 (diam)
65 (diam)
110 (high) x 35 (diam)
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The Fuel Storage Area, consisting of f`jve
buildings and a possible 30-foot spheroidal Peel
storage tank, is located about 400 feet east of
Test Stand A. The area has direct road con-
nection to the Static Test Area, and ground
scarring gives some evidence of possible pipe-
lines or security fencing. A number of build-
ings and tanks east and southeast of the Fuel
Storage Area constitute a Possible LOX Plant.
The buildings measure from 30 by 20 feet to
90 by 45 feet and the area. has direct road
connections with the Fuel Storage Area and
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the Housing and/or Possible R & D Area. Be-
tween the Fuel Storage Area and the Possible
LOX Plant is a row of six objects, measuring
approximately 15 feet in diameter and spaced
100 feet apart, which may be trestle footings
for a possible overhead pipeline system (Figure
2, Item 93). The footings are aligned between
the nearest buildings in the Fuel Storage Area and
the Possible LOX Plant. Additional data on
structures in the Fuel Storage Area and Pos-
sible LOX Plant are given in Table 2.
75 2 bldg
76 Bldg
77 Bldg
7-, Bldg
79 I. nidentified
So Bldg
S1 Bldg
~, 2 Bldg
S3 Bldg
S4 Bldg
S5 Bldg
S6 Bldg
57 Bldg. irregular shape
SS Bldg
S9 Bldg
90 Bldg
91 Bldg
92 2 lx),, tanks
93 6 poss trestle footing-
94 Poss spheroidal tank
70 x 25
60 x 60
/5x30
60x20
75 x 15
50 x 20
50s75
i5 x 45
70 x 35
:35 x 2(I
30x20
30 x 25
90 x 65 x 45
55 x 5.5
40 x 30
50 x 50
50x311
20 (diam)
15 (diam)
30 (diam)
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HOUSING AND/OR POSSIBLE
The Center of the Housing and/or Possible
R & D Area is located approximately 2,500
feet southeast of the center of the Static Test
Area. Encompassing an area of approximately
1,500 by 1,000 feet, the Housing and/or Pos-
sible R & D Area is served by a good road
connecting with the main road to Peiping and by
direct access roads to the Static Test Area and
the Fuel Storage Area and Possible LOX Plant.
Item (Fig 2)
The area contains one large two-story engineer-
ing/design-type building (Figure 2, Item 98),
one large five-story apartment-type building,
four large three-story apartment-type build-
ings, 17 quonset huts, and approximately 25
other buildings ranging from 30 by 20 feet to-.
155 by 35 feet in size. Additional data on
structures in the Housing and/or Possible
R & D Area are given in Table 3.
I Description
95 5-story bldg
96 3-story bldg
97 :3-story bldg
9!+ 2-story bldg
99 3-story hldg
100 3-story bldg
101 Bldg. irregular shape
102 Bldg
103 Bldg
104 Bldg
105 Bldg
106 Bldg
107 Bldg
106 Bldg
109 Bldg
110 Bldg
111 3 bldg,
112 Bldg
113 Bldg
114 Bldg
115 17 quonset hut.,
116 Bldg
117 2 bldg,
115 4 bldgs
119 2 bldg.,
120 Bldg
121 Bldg
122 2 bidgs
12:3 Poss tank
260 x 70
_"20 x 70
220 x 70
200 x 110
2 20 x 55
220 x 70
45 x :35 x 115 x 45
35 x 20
35 x 20
:30 x 20
:30 x 20
50 x :30
150x 35
60 x 30
40 x 40
60 x :30
30 x _1)
50 x _:
30 x 20
30 x 20
50 x 15
55 x 25
155 x :15
60 x 15
45x20
65 x 20
:35 x 20
75 x 20
40 (diam)
The center of the Storage Area, adjoining
the Static Test Area on the south, is located
approximately 2,000 feet south-southeast of the
center of the Static Test Area. Encompassing
an area of approximately 1,700 by 700 feet,
the Storage Area is served by several roads
from the Static Test Area and by the rail
line along its southern boundary. The area
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contains one group of sixteen 50- by 20- foot 20 feet to 155 by 35 feet in size. There are
quonset huts, a group of thirty-three 45- by also two large three-story apartment-type build-
15-foot quonset huts, several possible fuel ings in the area, which may be used for hous-
storage tanks, and approximately 30 other ing and/or engineering. Additional data on struc-
storage-type buildings ranging from 30 by tures in the Storage Area are given in Table 4.
Table 4. Data on Structures in Storage Area
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Item (Fig 2) I Description Dimensions (It) T Remark.,
124 Bldg
125 2 bldg=
126 Bldg
127 Bldg
128 Bldg
129 33.quon.,et huts
130 Bldg
?131 Bldg
132 Bldg
133 Bldg
134 Bldg
135 - Bldg
136 Bldg
137 2 bldg.,
136 Bldg
139 Bldg
140 16 quonset huts
141 Bldg
142 2 bldgs
143 2 3-story bldgs
144 Bldg
145 Bldg
146 2 hldgs
147 Bldg
1415 Bldg
149 Bldg
150 Bldg
151 Bldg
152 Bldg
153 Poss tank
154 Poss tank
155 Poss tank
30 x 25
30x20
60x15
115 x 45
100 x 25
45 x 15
30 x20
30 x 25
70x25
40 x 25
70 x 25
70x40
30 x 20
30x20
90 x35
50 x20
40 x 20
75 x 40
155 x 35
70 x 20
55x30
50-x 20
45 x 20
60 x 20
70 x 25
60x 15
25 iam
25 (diam)
30 (di am)
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