LAUNCH COMPLEX C TYURA TAM MISSLE TEST CENTER, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000200300066-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2000
• Sequence Number: 66
• Publication Date: April 1, 1963
• Content Type: REPORT

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 This report provides answers to specific
questions on Launch Complex C, Tvura Tam
Missile Test Center, contained in CIA joint re-
quirement OSI'R-238 '62--ORR 'RR-253'62 and
AFIC requirement 62-32. It makes no attempt to
present a comprehensive description of Launch
Complex C. Background information on this
vcomplex may be found ~in previous NPIC publi-
cations. 1 21 0
KEYHOLE photography of
revealed an erected I on pa
C2 in Launch Complex C (Figures 1 and 2). As-
suming the missile is resting on a launch ring
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LAUNCH COMPLEX C
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5 feet high, the height of the missile proper is
90 feet plus or minus 10 feet. Its configuration
cannot be determined because of the small scale
of the photography. This factor also precludes
an interpretation of erector 'launch equipment on
the pads at Launch Complex C.
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seven vehicles or pieces of equipment, each
60-65 feet long, were identified in the immediate
vicinity of launch pad C2. The small scale of the
photography, however, precludes further identi-
fication of ground support equipment at Launch
Complex C.
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FIGURE 2. LAUNCH COMPLEX C
Among other developments at the complex, three structures along the center road between
the third launch facility (pad C3) appears com- pads C2 and C3 appear to be buildings of no un-
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